Sleep deprivation combined with consecutive sleep phase advance as a fast-acting therapy in depression: An open pilot trial in medicated and unmedicated patients

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 870-872

  Berger, Mathias ^a,b   Vollmann, Jochen ^a   Hohagen, Fritz ^a   König, Almut ^a   Lohner, Hanns ^a   Voderholzer, Ulrich ^a   Riemann, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0031006135     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.6.870     Document Type: Article

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