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Depression and the Newcastle Scale

Their Relationship to the Dexamethasone Suppression Test

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Neil L. Holden
Neil L. Holden*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP
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Summary

The results of 41 standardised dexamethasone suppression tests (DST) with the Newcastle Scale diagnostic weighting for endogenous depression correlated significantly (P <.001). Specificity of the DST was found to be 89 per cent, sensitivity 82 per cent and the diagnostic confidence for endogenous depression 94 per cent. This strongly supports the validity of the Newcastle Scale diagnostic weighting for endogenous depression.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 142 , Issue 5 , May 1983 , pp. 505 - 507
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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