Carroll depression scale; Clonidine test; Major depression; MMPI
Abstract :
[en] The relationship between growth hormone (GH) response to clonidine and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was assessed in 20 major depressive inpatients. GH response to clonidine was negatively correlated with the depression, the psychasthenia as well as the social introversion MMPI scale scores, and positively correlated with the hypomania scale scores. In contrast, the Carroll depression scale did not exhibit any relationship with either GH response to clonidine or MMPI depression scale. These findings support the role of the clonidine test and several MMPI scales as trait markers for depressive illness.
Disciplines :
Psychiatry
Author, co-author :
Hansenne, Michel ; Université de Liège > Département de Psychologie > Psycho. de la personnalité et des différences individuelles
PITCHOT, William ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Psychiatrie et psychologie médicale
Gonzalez-Moreno, Antonio; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Psychiatrie et psychologie médicale
von Frenckell, Rémy ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Psychiatrie et psychologie médicale
Ansseau, Marc ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Psychiatrie et psychologie médicale
Language :
English
Title :
Clonidine test and MMPI scales in major depression : State or trait markers?