Powered by OpenAIRE graph
Found an issue? Give us feedback
image/svg+xml art designer at PLoS, modified by Wikipedia users Nina, Beao, JakobVoss, and AnonMoos Open Access logo, converted into svg, designed by PLoS. This version with transparent background. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Open_Access_logo_PLoS_white.svg art designer at PLoS, modified by Wikipedia users Nina, Beao, JakobVoss, and AnonMoos http://www.plos.org/ LAReferencia - Red F...arrow_drop_down
image/svg+xml art designer at PLoS, modified by Wikipedia users Nina, Beao, JakobVoss, and AnonMoos Open Access logo, converted into svg, designed by PLoS. This version with transparent background. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Open_Access_logo_PLoS_white.svg art designer at PLoS, modified by Wikipedia users Nina, Beao, JakobVoss, and AnonMoos http://www.plos.org/
addClaim

This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.

You have already added 0 works in your ORCID record related to the merged Research product.

Sleep and sleep disorders in depression

Authors: Chellappa, Sarah Laxhmi; Araújo, John Fontenele;

Sleep and sleep disorders in depression

Abstract

CONTEXTO: Os transtornos do sono são freqüentemente associados a um leque de transtornos psiquiátricos, sendo considerados uma característica inerente do transtorno depressivo. OBJETIVOS: Discorrer a cerca das atuais evidências sobre as investigações do sono e das alterações deste na depressão, além de alguns dos principais modelos teóricos propostos para explicar essas alterações. MÉTODOS: O levantamento da literatura médica foi feito nos seguintes bancos de dados: ISI e Medline. RESULTADOS: Diversos estudos constataram alterações no padrão eletroencefalográfico do sono em pacientes com depressão. Dentre os principais achados, estão alterações na continuidade e na duração do sono, diminuição das fases 3 e 4 do sono, menor latência do sono REM (rapid eye movements) e maior duração e densidade do primeiro período REM. Essa técnica tem atualmente uma utilidade limitada como ferramenta de diagnóstico na depressão. CONCLUSÕES: Embora os mecanismos fisiopatológicos das alterações do sono na depressão sejam complexos e de natureza multifacetada, os estudos do sono têm um importante papel na investigação da depressão, particularmente nas áreas de predição de resposta a tratamentos, prognóstico de recaídas e na investigação de modelos etiológicos.

BACKGROUND: Sleep disorders are usually associated with a wide range of psychiatric disorders, and are regarded as acharacteristic feature of depression. OBJECTIVES:To reportthe current state-of-the-artin sleep research in depression and to present some of the principal theoretical models that explain these sleep disturbances. METHODS: Literature review was carried out in the ISI and Medline databases. RESULTS: Several studies have indicated alterations in sleep electroencephalographic patterns in subjects with depression. Some of the most frequent findings are disorders affecting the continuity and duration of sleep, reduction of phases 3 and 4 of sleep, decreased REM (rapid eye movements) sleep latency, and prolonged and intense first period of REM sleep. This technique is currently of limited use as a diagnostic tool in depression. CONCLUSIONS: AAlthough the pathophysiological mechanisms of sleep disorders in depression are complex, sleep studies play a key role in investigative research in depression, particularly in areas regarding prediction of responses to treatment, prognosis of relapses, and etiological models regarding depression.

Keywords

sleep initiation and maintenance disorders, depressive disorder, distúrbios do início e da manutenção do sono, saúde mental, sleep disorders, Sleep, transtorno depressivo, mental health, Sono, transtornos do sono

  • BIP!
    Impact byBIP!
    citations
    This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
    0
    popularity
    This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.
    Average
    influence
    This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
    Average
    impulse
    This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.
    Average
Powered by OpenAIRE graph
Found an issue? Give us feedback
citations
This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
BIP!Citations provided by BIP!
popularity
This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.
BIP!Popularity provided by BIP!
influence
This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
BIP!Influence provided by BIP!
impulse
This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.
BIP!Impulse provided by BIP!
0
Average
Average
Average
Green
Related to Research communities