Circadian temperature variation and depressive illness.
Circadian temperature rhythms were studied at different clinical phases in inpatients admitted with a diagnosis of depression. It was found that patients meeting diagnostic criteria for either bipolar or unipolar II classification had a significantly greater likelihood of having an altered temperature rhythm while clinically depressed. The implications of this finding are discussed and questions for future research are specified.
D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D001831:Body Temperature; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000523:psychology