Pretreatment REM sleep and subjective sleep quality distinguish depressed psychotherapy remitters and nonremitters
Biological PsychiatryPublished 1 January 1999
Daniel J. Buysse, Xin Tu, Christine Cherry, Amy Begley, Jeanne Kowalski, David J. Kupfer
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Findings highlight the role of subjective and REM sleep measures as correlates of short-term psychotherapy treatment response in major depressive disorder and suggest disturbed sleep may be a physiological indicator of increased limbic and brain stem arousal.
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These findings highlight the role of subjective and REM sleep measures as correlates of short-term psychotherapy treatment response in major depressive disorder. Disturbed sleep may be a physiological indicator of increased limbic and brain stem arousal.
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