Letter to the Editor: The effect of ECT on sleep - A comment to Winkler et al.

W. Vaughn McCall; Peter B. Rosenquist

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.10.008

Letter to the Editor: The effect of ECT on sleep - A comment to Winkler et al.

W. Vaughn McCall, Peter B. Rosenquist

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Abstract

Recent publications in this journal have suggested that successful electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in depressed patients is associated with a phase advance, similar to what has been reported with antidepressant medications. Herein we review the effects of ECT on polysomnographic (PSG) sleep, and we conclude with the observation that ECT reliably increases PSG total sleep time and probably has a suppressive effect on rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Remarkably, there is less information available on the topic of the effect of ECT on the patient's perception of their sleep.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	239-240
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Psychiatric Research
Volume	61
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.10.008
State	Published - Feb 1 2015

Keywords

Actigraphy
Electroconvulsive therapy
Insomnia
Phase advance
Polysomnography
Sleep

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Psychiatry and Mental health
Biological Psychiatry

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