The sleep of remitted bipolar depressives: comparison with sex and age-matched controls.
The sleep of 10 bipolar patients was recorded for five consecutive nights following their recovery from a depressive episode. In all respects except the number of arousals, their sleep did not differ reliably from that of 10 sex and age-matched control subjects. We conclude that sleep measures are unlikely to be useful as trait markers of a depressive diathesis in bipolar disorder.
Knowles
J B
JB
Cairns
J
J
MacLean
A W
AW
Delva
N
N
Prowse
A
A
Waldron
J
J
Letemendia
F J
FJ
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology