Reproducibility of the Mecholyl Test

Blumberg, A

doi:10.1097/00006842-196001000-00005

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“…The majority of these have had phases of popularity and have then fallen into disuse. The Funkenstein test and its derivatives have suffered in this way, but the work of Hamilton and White (1960), the serial studies of Blumberg (1960) and of Stemmermann and Owen (i9@7) all suggest that these techniques provide useful and inter pretable observations. The work of the latter authors, in particular, is of relevance to our present thesis and should be given added weight in that their observations went against their expectations.…”

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Adrenocortical Responsiveness during Courses of Electro-convulsive Therapy

Elithorn¹,

Bridges²,

Hodges³

et al. 1969

Br J Psychiatry

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In a previous paper (Hodges, Jones, Elithorn and Bridges, 1964) we reported on adrenocortical activity in depressed and schizophrenic patients as revealed by plasma cortisol levels before and after electro-convulsive therapy (E.C.T.). Close similarity was found between the two groups except for three depressed patients who appeared to show considerably higher cortisol levels after the treatment than did the remaining subjects. The patients were examined at random different treatments during the whole treatment course and it appeared possible, both that the observed cortisol response to E.C.T. might depend partly on which treatment of the series in a whole course was under examination, and also that the response of the illness to therapy might be a significant factor. It was therefore decided to observe in a number of subjects the response to successive treatments throughout courses of E.C.T.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adrenocortical Responsiveness during Courses of Electro-convulsive Therapy

Elithorn¹,

Bridges²,

Hodges³

et al. 1969

Br J Psychiatry

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“…We selected the Mecholyl area as a measure because we have the greatest statistical experience with it and have determined both its reproducibilitv and its variance. 3 Day-to-day repeated testing revealed an r of 0.81 (N = 39). 4 Psychiatric diagnoses were determined independently in about half the cases by the research psychiatrist.…”

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Age, Base Blood Pressure, Diagnosis, and Mecholyl Test Response

Blumberg¹,

Klein

1966

Psychosomatic Medicine

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“…Many have found a fair reliability for the different forms of test procedure (Nelson and Gellhorn, 1957;Sloane et al, 1957;Blumberg, 1960;Gellhorn and Miller, 1961;Ingram and Brovins, 1966;Weckowicz, 1956) and only a few have considered the reliability poor Grosz and Miller, 1958).…”

Section: Epinephrine-mecholyl (Funkenstein) Testmentioning

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Parameters of Research into the Depressive States

Kessell

1968

Aust N Z J Psychiatry

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SYNOPSISCertain parameters of the depressive states are discussed, genetic, biochemical, physiological and psychological, and the literature is reviewed. It is considered that future drug evaluation studies require a multidisciplinary approach and the measurement of these parameters if we are to progress beyond the present confusion on the indications for the treatment of depression. Such an approach would also be expected to extend our knowledge of the pathophysiology of the depressive states. This review also emphasises those areas of special interest in depression.

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Reproducibility of the Mecholyl Test

Cited by 9 publications

References 8 publications

Adrenocortical Responsiveness during Courses of Electro-convulsive Therapy

Adrenocortical Responsiveness during Courses of Electro-convulsive Therapy

Age, Base Blood Pressure, Diagnosis, and Mecholyl Test Response

Parameters of Research into the Depressive States

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