Greenberg R, Pearlman C A
Am J Psychiatry. 1976 Oct;133(10):1147-50. doi: 10.1176/ajp.133.10.1147.
The authors used sleep laboratory data to predict responses to psychiatric treatment. The predictions were based on the assumptions that REM latency reflects the need for dreaming and therefore the need for adaptation and that REM time reflects the capacity for the adaptive work associated with REM sleep. Dream recall and dream content were considered indicators of psychological mindedness and the patient's current conflicts. With this material, statistically significant predictions of such outcomes as good response to psychotherapy, elopement, or need for medication were made. The results of this study support the hypothesis that REM sleep is involved in adaptation.
作者利用睡眠实验室数据来预测对精神治疗的反应。这些预测基于以下假设：快速眼动睡眠潜伏期反映了做梦的需求，因此也反映了适应的需求；快速眼动睡眠时间反映了与快速眼动睡眠相关的适应性工作的能力。梦的回忆和梦的内容被视为心理意识和患者当前冲突的指标。利用这些材料，对心理治疗的良好反应、逃跑或药物需求等结果进行了具有统计学意义的预测。这项研究的结果支持了快速眼动睡眠参与适应的假说。
