Sleep Disturbance in Acute Schizophrenic Patients

• DOI: 10.1176/ajp.126.9.1213
• Publication Date: 2014-12-17T18:37:28Z
• Authors: DAVID J. KUPFER; RICHARD J. WYATT; JIMMY SCOTT; FREDERICK SNYDER
• Keywords: Sleep; Sleep patterns

Sleep patterns were studied longitudinally in six acute schizophrenic patients throughout most of their hospital stays, ranging from 25 to 224 consecutive nights, and the data compared with those 15 normal control subjects. The sleep these showed unique differences subjects as well severely depressed under experimental conditions. However, no definitive interpretation findings can yet be made; further extensive systematic case studies are needed determine whether disturbances reported here an inherent aspect all exacerbations.