Figure 1.
CONSORT 2010 Flow Diagram.
Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data of the study population (N = 30) (mean ± standard deviation).
Table 2.
Lithium serum levels and lithium doses (N = 30).
Table 3.
Endocrinological results of the combined dexamethasone/CRH test before and after four weeks of lithium monotherapy in 30 unipolar depressed patients (mean, SD).
Table 4.
Results of the combined dexamethasone/CRH test in unipolar depressed responders and non-responders to a four week lithium monotherapy (mean ± SD).
Figure 2.
ACTH and cortisol response in the combined DEX/CRH test on the day before lithium monotherapy (blue line) and after four weeks of lithium treatment (pink line) in responders and non-responders (n = 29).