Hormonal differences between psychotic and non-psychotic melancholic depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 65-73

  Contreras, Fernando ^a   Menchon, Jose M ^a   Urretavizcaya, Mikel ^a   Navarro, Miguel A ^a   Vallejo, Julio ^a   Parker, Gordon ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depressive disorder; Growth hormone; Melancholia; Pituitary function tests; Pituitary adrenal function tests; Thyroid function tests

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH HORMONE RESPONSE TO HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR TEST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; THYROTROPIN RELEASE; THYROTROPIN RESPONSE TO THYROID RELEASING HORMONE TEST;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 34249308787     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.09.021     Document Type: Article

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