Sleep and Dreams in Eating Disorders

The results of several studies on sleep EEG and dreams in patients with eating disorders are presented and compared with the data obtained in patients with a major depression. The sleep pattern, which is characteristic of depression, could not be found in the eating disorder group. Regarding the cho...

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Published in:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics 1987-01, Vol.48 (1/4), p.165-169
Main Authors: Dippel, Bertram, Lauer, Christoph, Riemann, Dieter, Majer-Trendel, Katrin, Krieg, Jürgen-Christian, Berger, Mathias
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anorexia Nervosa - psychology
Bulimia - psychology
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Dreams
Eating Disorders
Female
Humans
Sleep Stages
Sleep, REM
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Summary:The results of several studies on sleep EEG and dreams in patients with eating disorders are presented and compared with the data obtained in patients with a major depression. The sleep pattern, which is characteristic of depression, could not be found in the eating disorder group. Regarding the cholinergic REM induction test, the depressives displayed a pronounced shortening of REM sleep latency. However, this biological marker, indicating a cholinergic hyperactivity in depression, could not be observed in patients with eating disorders. The content analysis of laboratory-recorded dreams yielded several differences between depression and eating disorders and also, more subtle, between anorexia and bulimia.
ISSN:0033-3190
1423-0348
DOI:10.1159/000288048