Rates of non-suppression on the DST were compared in 19 psychiatric inpatients and anticonvulsants and 38 psychiatric inpatients not on anticonvulsants who were matched for age, sex, and diagnosis. Patients on anticonvulsants had a significantly higher rate of nonsuppression.
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