Abstract
In a series of 28 patients with bulimia who did not meet weight criteria for anorexia nervosa, 14 (50%) failed to suppress on the dexamethasone suppression test. Nonsuppression was not associated with degree of depression, body weight, or severity of abnormal eating-related behaviors. However, nonsuppression was associated with a higher rate of treatment for affective disorders in first-degree family members. The utility of the DST as a biologic marker for affective disorder in patients with bulimia is questioned, although a substantial level of depressive symptomatology was documented in patients with bulimia.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 508-511 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Clinical Psychiatry |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| State | Published - 1984 |