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The effect of sleep deprivation on depressed patients.

Abstract
In this paper an account is given of the effect of single-night sleep deprivation (SD) therapy in 124 depressive patients of different diagnostic groups. Phasic depressives showed a marked improvement after treatment by sleep deprivation. Because these improvements were often of short duration, we repeated the treatments and combined them with thymoleptic drugs. In the group of neurotic depressives the therapeutic effect of sleep deprivation varied; on the whole, however, the improvement was less marked. It is pointed out that the vital symptoms and "critical time" are of importance. Sleep deprivation can be explained as a resynchronization of disturbed circadian rhythms brought about by interrupting these rhythms.
AuthorsB Pflug
JournalActa psychiatrica Scandinavica (Acta Psychiatr Scand) Vol. 53 Issue 2 Pg. 148-58 (Feb 1976) ISSN: 0001-690X [Print] United States
PMID1251760 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Tranquilizing Agents
Topics
  • Adjustment Disorders (drug therapy, therapy)
  • Adult
  • Bipolar Disorder (drug therapy, therapy)
  • Depression (drug therapy, therapy)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sleep Deprivation
  • Tranquilizing Agents (therapeutic use)

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