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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• FRANK, E
• KUPFER, D. J
• JACOB, M
• BLUMENTHAL, S. J
• JARRETT, D. B

Titel

Pregnancy-related affective episodes among women with recurrent depression

Ist Teil von

• The American journal of psychiatry, 1987-03, Vol.144 (3), p.288-293

Ort / Verlag

Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing

Erscheinungsjahr

1987

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The authors examined 52 women with recurrent depression to determine the differences between women with and without histories of pregnancy- related affective episodes. The women with histories of such episodes (N = 24) had been significantly younger at illness onset, were more severely depressed at baseline, and tended to show less emotional stability. The EEG-recorded sleep of the women with pregnancy-related affective episodes was distinguished by longer REM sleep time and more REM activity, differences accounted for almost entirely by the women with histories of only postpartum episodes.