HealthDay (4/17, Murez) reports, “Consistently good sleep is…particularly important for patients with schizophrenia,” researchers concluded in a study that “used wrist monitors to measure activity and rest in 250 people, including 150 patients with schizophrenia, in both outpatient settings and in psychiatric hospitals.” The study revealed that patients with schizophrenia “had erratic sleep patterns, dysregulated transitions between sleep and wake cycles, and excessively rigid daily routines that were predictive of worse symptoms.” Researchers also found that “both inpatient and outpatient” patients with schizophrenia “tended to have fewer active hours during the day and spent more time sleeping or passively resting than the study’s healthy controls.” The findings were published online April 14 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.
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— “Regular Sleep May Be Crucial for People Living With Schizophrenia “Cara Murez, HealthDay, April 17, 2023