Author Question: Describe the interaction between sleep and depression. What will be an ideal ... (Read 68 times)

charchew · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Describe the interaction between sleep and depression.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

When looking at behavior of children who would later develop schizophrenia, these children were:

a. more likely to have colic.
b. likely to show deficits in facial expressions and abnormal movements.
c. no different from those children that would not later develop schizophrenia.
d. more likely to have high sociability.

cici · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: Depression is accompanied by disorder of sleep in which sleep is shallow and fragmented. REM sleep comes on earlier in the night, and the first half of the night contains more REM periods. Sleep deprivation, either total or just deprivation of REM sleep, can alleviate depression. The suppression or delay of REM sleep appears to be involved in alteration of mood. Drugs that suppress REM sleep are antidepressant and ECT that lifts mood suppresses REM sleep.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B