title: An epidemiological study of REM latency and psychiatric disorders.
abstract: In an epidemiological population study 87 subjects were studied with home sleep recordings. Nineteen subjects had minor psychiatric disorders: six subjects had a minor depression, six subjects had a generalized anxiety disorder, and seven subjects had a mild vegetative discomfort syndrome. Syndrome profiles of the three groups, using the AMDP system, showed a significantly higher degree of insomnia in the anxiety group than in the depressive group. The mean rapid eye movement (REM) latency in the anxiety group was significantly longer than in the other groups, including normals. The study showed a slight tendency towards a reduced REM latency in the minor depressives, but no statistical significance was obtained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bech
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Eplov
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jennum
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wildschiødtz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010556:Personality Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D011930:Reaction Time; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012895:Sleep, REM; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology