title: REM sleep abnormalities and psychiatry.
abstract: Since the 1950s, with the discovery of REM sleep and its relationship to dreaming, psychiatric sleep researchers have been interested in uncovering the complex relationship between disturbed sleep and psychiatric disorders. This paper reviews the alterations in REM sleep of relevance to psychiatry and indicates that continued developments in sleep research may assist in further understanding the neuropathophysiology of affective and other psychiatric illnesses.
authors: Vancouver Hospital, British Columbia.
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Fleming
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011570:Psychiatry; D012895:Sleep, REM; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology