REM sleep, dream variables and suicidality in depressed patients

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 33-39

  Agargun, Mehmet Y ^a   Cartwright, Rosalind ^b  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Dream content; Dreaming; REM sleep; Suicidal behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DREAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOOD; NIGHT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REM SLEEP; SCORING SYSTEM; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY;

EID: 0038492774     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00111-2     Document Type: Article

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