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Sleep in Adolescents with Primary Major Depression and Schizophrenia: A Pilot Study
Author(s) -
Riemann Dieter,
Kammerer Jutta,
Löw Heidemarie,
Schmidt Martin H.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1995.tb01827.x
Subject(s) - psychology , major depressive disorder , disinhibition , depression (economics) , non rapid eye movement sleep , sleep (system call) , sleep onset latency , psychiatry , polysomnography , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , sleep disorder , clinical psychology , audiology , insomnia , electroencephalography , medicine , mood , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , operating system
— The present study aimed at investigating the question whether abnormalities of sleep, especially disinhibition of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, are already present in adolescents with primary major depressive disorder (MDD). Ten healthy controls assessed at home, 10 inpatients with MDD and 10 inpatients with schizophrenia (age range: 13–19 years) were investigated polysomnographically. REM latency was significantly shortened in MDD compared with the two other groups. Adolescents with MDD did not display disturbances of sleep continuity as typically observed in adults with major depression. The most pronounced impairment of sleep continuity was noted in schizophrenic patients. The results stress that shortened REM latency may already occur in adolescent depression.