Facial emotion recognition and sleep in mentally disordered patients: A natural experiment in a high security hospital

Abstract We investigated the relationship between a change in sleep quality and facial emotion recognition accuracy in a group of mentally-disordered inpatients at a secure forensic psychiatric unit. Patients whose sleep improved over time also showed improved facial emotion recognition while patien...

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Published inPsychiatry research Vol. 230; no. 2; pp. 725 - 727
Main Authors Chu, Simon, McNeill, Kimberley, Ireland, Jane L, Qurashi, Inti
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 15.12.2015
Subjects
Adult
Emotion-recognition
Emotions - physiology
Facial Expression
Facial Recognition - physiology
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Humans
Inpatients - psychology
Male
Middle Aged
Psychiatry
Psychotic Disorders - diagnosis
Psychotic Disorders - psychology
Sleep
Sleep - physiology
Young Adult
Emotion-recognition
Sleep
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Summary:Abstract We investigated the relationship between a change in sleep quality and facial emotion recognition accuracy in a group of mentally-disordered inpatients at a secure forensic psychiatric unit. Patients whose sleep improved over time also showed improved facial emotion recognition while patients who showed no sleep improvement showed no change in emotion recognition.
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ISSN:0165-1781
1872-7123
DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2015.10.005