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 …

Total sleep deprivation (TSD) leads to an immediate amelioration of depressed mood in
approximately 70% of patients with the melancholic subtype of depression. The clinical utility …

Approximately 60% of patients with major depression disorder show a beneficial response
to total sleep deprivation (TSD), but the positive effect of TSD is short, and naps or the …

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” …

Total sleep deprivation (TSD) exerts beneficial but only transient effects on mood in patients
with a major depressive disorder (MDD). Though~ 50 to 70% of depressed patients improve …

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 …

Background: Patterns of response and nonresponse in repeated sleep deprivation (SD) are
of both clinical and scientific interest; as yet, studies have yielded inconsistent results …

Total sleep deprivation (TSD) exerts beneficial but transient effects on mood in
approximately 60% of patients with a major depressive disorder. The positive effects of a …

Attempted to prevent relapse into depression after successful total sleep deprivation (TSD)
by treating patients with consecutive sleep phase advance (CSPA) for 1 wk. Thus, sleep was …

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 …