Table 1.
Sensitivities of the DST for the detection of MDD-ET (controls = healthy subjects; other = patients with psychiatric diagnoses other than MDD-ET).
| Nonsuppressors (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study | Dose (mg) | Sampling Time | Depressed | Controls | Other |
| Stokes 1984 | 1 | 8 a.m. | 26 | 10 | 37 |
| Coppen 1983 | 1 | 4 p.m. | 81 | 11 | 35 |
| Carroll 1980 | 1 | 4 p.m. | 35 | 4 | - |
| Carroll 1981 | 1 + 2 | 8 a.m., 4 p.m., 11 p.m. | - | - | 4 |
| Amsterdam 1982 | 1 | 4 p.m. | 25 | 15 | - |
| Schlesser 1980 | 1 | 8 a.m. | 43 | - | 0 |
| Brown 1979 | 2 | 8 a.m., 4 p.m., 11 p.m. | 40 | - | 0 |
| Holsboer 1980 | 2 | 4 p.m. | 22 | - | 14 |
| Average | 39 | 10 | 15 | ||