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Feel free to drop a note on my talk page if you have any problems. I wish you all the best on your wiki voyages! Spyder212 (talk) 16:13, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

Asking questions of reader
Hi, I removed a sentence that you added to Schizophrenia. Wikipedia style guide says Do not address the reader with the Socratic method by asking and answering questions.. I wanted to explain because there are so many policies and guidelines and instructions for Wikipedia articles that it's impossible to learn them all, especially when you first start editing. I happened to know that one because I stumbled across it myself. Happy editing! UrbanToreador (talk) 16:36, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

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Moving here for further work
This needs more work per the above. Specifically it should be based on review articles and needs to follow WP:MEDMOS. Please share these with the rest of your class. Best  Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 22:49, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

Currently, little research is done on the relationship of schizophrenia and sleep. Recent evidence shows that sleep distortions with insomnia like symptoms are very common in schizophrenic patients. Studies found that up to 80% of schizophrenic patients are suffering from sleep distortions or comorbid sleep disorders.
 * Schizophrenia and sleep

However, the common presence of sleep distortions in schizophrenia is not reflected in the diagnostic criteria of schizophrenia in the DSM-V. In contrast, they have made their way into the German ‘Leitlinie’. The ‘Leitlinie’ contains the most recent research and serves therapists as a guidance instrument for therapy.

At present, little is known about schizophrenia and its therapy. Most schizophrenic patients suffer of sleep distortions which suggests the presence of a potential relationship between the two phenomena. Thus, treating sleep distortions might enhance overall functionality and well-being of the patients. Furthermore, comorbid sleep disturbances lead to more severe clinical symptoms. It has been shown that a treatment of sleep disturbances in schizophrenic patients improves overall functioning, the clinical status and sleep quality.

Insomnia and other sleep disorders or disturbances should be targeted in the treatment of schizophrenia, all the more as there is evidence showing that insomnia can precede psychotic experiences. It has also been shown that a treatment of sleep distortions can reduce psychotic symptoms. Moreover, understanding sleep distortions in schizophrenia helps to better understand schizophrenia and additionally offers new pathways of multimodal treatment.

Sleep distortions in schizophrenia may be caused by psychosis, sleep apnoea, motor activity or side effects of medication. Deregulation of certain clock genes and insufficient light exposure are two more factors with the potential to lead to sleep distortions.

Sleep distortions lead to higher levels of the neurotransmitter ‘dopamine’ and increase the sensitivity for dopamine. At the same time, a lot of dopamine alters the circadian rhythm and leads to sleep distortions. A research group argues that therefore, sleep distortions should be addressed directly in the treatment of schizophrenia.

Furthermore, social factors influence sleep in schizophrenia. Schizophrenic patients might take sleep as an opportunity to escape. Additionally, a weak social ‘Zeitgeber’ (lack of a time structuring social environment) may lead to sleep distortions. That means that schizophrenic patients have a tendency for a less time-structuring social environment.

A research group proposes an integrated approach with a psychological or environmental stressor starting a vicious circle and leading to sleep distortions. These sleep distortions provoke an alteration in dopamine receptor activity which leads to psychosis. A psychosis is then followed by increased activity levels which leads to circadian abnormalities, causing further sleep distortions. Genetics may influence the vicious circle at any point.

In schizophrenic patients, insomnia constitutes the most frequently present sleep disorder. Schizophrenic patients particularly have problems with sleep-onset and maintenance. Analyzing the sleep architecture, slow-wave sleep (SWS) and Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Onset Latency (REMOL) was shown to be altered in schizophrenia. In contrast, Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep does not show irregularities. Other symptoms are for example an altered total sleep time, sleep latency, and a higher number of awakenings.

Sleep in schizophrenic patients is affected at two different points. Disturbances of the circadian rhythm (macrostructure) and changes in sleep architecture (microstructure) were found. Changes in sleep architecture are particularly represented by a reduced number of sleep spindles.

In 2012, a study with schizophrenic patients found macro structural abnormalities in the form of severe circadian misalignments in 50% of the participants. They occurred in the form of phase advanced or delayed circadian rhythm or non-24h-cycles of sleep-wake rhythm and cycle of melatonin production. In addition, excessive sleep or fragmented sleep epochs were observed in half of the patients.

It has also been shown that thalamocortical structures are altered in schizophrenia. These structures influence delta sleep. Therefore, schizophrenic patients show a smaller number of delta waves throughout the night, which leads to an instability of sleep-cycles. However, while some studies link reduced delta sleep to negative symptoms , others link it to positive symptoms such as psychosis.

A study conducted in 2014 found a high correlation between the severity of clinical schizophrenia symptoms and disturbances during sleep which was measured using polysomnography (PSG). Testing 30 schizophrenic patients and 30 healthy controls (and 30 patients with major depression), they were able to detect schizophrenia correctly with a chance of 88%. The research group did so only by watching PSG parameters of participants during sleep, while conducting an LDA (linear discriminant analysis).

Recent research proposes that insomnia in schizophrenic patients may lead to the development of psychotic episodes. This is predominantly caused by insomnia increasing negative affect. The link between insomnia and psychotic episodes appears to be bidirectional, although psychotic episodes leading to insomnia seems to occur less frequently. This shows once more that insomnia should be targeted in therapy.

Presently, limited research exists on the effects of antipsychotics on sleep. Typical, 1st generation antipsychotics (e.g. haloperidol, thiothiexene, flupentixol) seem not to increase sleep architecture. Atypical, 2nd generation antipsychotics (e.g. clozapine), conversely, seem to have a direct effect on sleep architecture. Antipsychotics should therefore be considered carefully as withdrawal could have negative effects on sleep quality and drug weaning could provoke rebound insomnia.