The literature suggests that sleep deprivation can potentiate the effect of antidepressant
medication in depressed patients. However, the clinical efficacy of sleep deprivation has not …

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A 53‐year‐old woman with major depression was studied throughout 7 trials of therapeutic
sleep deprivation (SD). Under conditions where the patients was either medication‐free or …

The antidepressant response to partial sleep deprivation early in the night (PSD‐E) was
compared with the response to partial sleep deprivation late in the night (PSD‐L) in 16 drug …

Sleep deprivation (SD) induces a rapid amelioration of mood in about 60% of depressed
patients. After the next night of sleep, however, most patients experience a relapse. Previous …

Sleep deprivation is a useful therapeutic option in the treatment of depressive disorders,
especially in pharmacoresistant disorders. Its therapeutic efficacy in other indications has …

Objective: The authors' goal was to test the hypothesis that the antidepressant effect of total
sleep deprivation can be maintained by initially avoiding sleep during a supposedly “critical” …

Objective: To provide a quantitative meta-analysis of the antidepressant effects of sleep
deprivation to complement qualitative reviews addressing response rates. Data Sources …

The mood-improving effect of sleep deprivation (SD) in depression is even today still not
fully understood. Despite the fact that mood and cognitive functions are lowered by …

Sleep deprivation for one night has been investigated as a treatment for depression since
the first publications describing its antidepressant properties almost 30 years ago [Pflug and …