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Psychosomatic Medicine, Vol 60, Issue 3 347-351, Copyright © 1998 by American Psychosomatic Society

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Depression and short REM latency in subjects with chronic fatigue syndrome

RL Morehouse, M Flanigan, DD MacDonald, D Braha and C Shapiro
Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

OBJECTIVE: The hypothesized polysomnographic marker for depression, Rapid Eye Movement Latency (REML), was used to investigate two groups of subjects; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)-not depressed and CFS-depressed. METHOD: CFS subjects were classified into depressed and not depressed groups, using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS), and subsequently were studied in a sleep laboratory to ascertain REML. RESULTS: Short REML showed a statistically significant correlation with the depressed state in CFS subjects. CONCLUSION: Short REM latency is associated with depression in the CFS population.




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