Circadian temperature variation and depressive illness
Kramer, B.A.; Katz, J.L.
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 39(5): 439-444
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-6689 PMID: 641023 Document Number: 131982
Circadian temperature rhythms were studied at different clinical phases in inpatients admitted with a diagnosis of depression. It was found that patients meeting diagnostic criteria for either bipolar or unipolar II classification had a significantly greater likelihood of having an altered temperature rhythm while clinically depressed. The implications of this finding are discussed and questions for future research are specified.