The Psychophysiology of Sleep in Psychotic Depression: A Longitudinal Study
- 1 July 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Psychosomatic Medicine
- Vol. 29 (4) , 329-344
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006842-196707000-00004
Abstract
The sleep of a 51-year-old farmer with a severe psychotic depression was studied by electroencephalograph for 31 of 36 hospital days and for 2 nights 3 weeks after discharge. He was successfully treated with 9 sessions of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT); abrupt improvement followed the sixth. Before improvement his sleep was grossly abnormal with much wakefulness. REMP [rapic eye movement phase] and Stage IV sleep were abnormally low. After successful treatment, REMP showed a compensatory increase. Stage IV sleep increased toward normal very slowly. There were changes in appetite, weight, and bowel function, as well as in mood and behavior.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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