Sleep Deprivation Psychoprophylaxis in Recurrent Affective Disorders
| Autor: | G.N. Christodoulou, C. N. Stefanis, G.M. Trikkas, G.N. Papadimitriou, E P Lykouras, D. E. Malliaras |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics media_common.quotation_subject Course of illness Mental illness medicine.disease Total sleep deprivation Sleep deprivation mental disorders medicine Personality medicine.symptom Family history Psychology Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) media_common |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000392257 |
| Popis: | Administration of prophylactic 36 h total sleep deprivation to 9 manic-depressive patients (5 bipolar and 4 unipolar depressives) reduced the frequency of relapses and increased the duration of normothymia in 5 patients, left the course of illness unchanged in 3 patients whilst in 1 patient the effect could not be evaluated. Sleep deprivation appeared to be more effective in women, 'rapid cyclers', patients with a positive family history of mental illness and patients with recurrent depression. These observations confirm previous impressions and suggest a possible prophylactic effect of sleep deprivation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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