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Published on: August 8, 2019
[Multidimensional studies of circadian biorhythm in psychoses]
Abstract:
Subject of the report is methodics for a circadian analysis in case of psychotical diseases. Acquisition and filing of psychopathological phenomenona is effected by means of Strukturiertes Psychopathologisches Erfassungssystem (SPES) and other self-or outside-rating-scales. The diurnal variation of body-temperature is taken as physiological reference function. The results of the analysis, which show an internal rhythmic desynchronization in case of phasic as well as in case of non-phasic psychoses, are given by way of exemplary instances.
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