Hypersomnia in major depressive disorders.
Hypersomnia was experienced by 17 of 102 patients with major depressive disorder. Comparisons between hypersomnic and non-hypersomnic depressives demonstrated significant associations between hypersomnia and increased appetite, weight gain, agitation, headaches, depression in a first-degree relative, and earlier age of illness onset.
D001066:Appetite; D001835:Body Weight; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D006970:Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000209:etiology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology*