Sleep Disturbances in Mood Disorders

Meredith E Rumble; Kaitlin Hanley White; Ruth M Benca

doi:10.1016/j.psc.2015.07.006

Sleep Disturbances in Mood Disorders

Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2015 Dec;38(4):743-59. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2015.07.006.

Authors

Meredith E Rumble¹, Kaitlin Hanley White², Ruth M Benca²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, 6001 Research Park Boulevard, Madison, WI 53719, USA. Electronic address: rumble@wisc.edu.
² Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, 6001 Research Park Boulevard, Madison, WI 53719, USA.

PMID: 26600106
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2015.07.006

Abstract

The article provides an overview of common and differentiating self-reported and objective sleep disturbances seen in mood-disordered populations. The importance of considering sleep disturbances in the context of mood disorders is emphasized, because a large body of evidence supports the notion that sleep disturbances are a risk factor for onset, exacerbation, and relapse of mood disorders. In addition, potential mechanisms for sleep disturbance in depression, other primary sleep disorders that often occur with mood disorders, effects of antidepressant and mood-stabilizing drugs on sleep, and the adjunctive effect of treating sleep in patients with mood disorders are discussed.

Keywords: Actigraphy; Circadian rhythm; Depression; Hypersomnia; Insomnia; Polysomnography; Sleep; Therapeutics.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Mood Disorders / complications*
Mood Disorders / drug therapy*
Psychotropic Drugs / adverse effects
Psychotropic Drugs / therapeutic use
Recurrence
Risk Factors
Sleep / drug effects*
Sleep Wake Disorders / chemically induced
Sleep Wake Disorders / complications*
Sleep Wake Disorders / drug therapy*

Substances

Psychotropic Drugs