According to a review of 61 studies of patients suffering from severly debilitating depression, a large majority of the patients reported that missing a night's sleep immediately lifted their depression. Yet sleep deprivation is not used to treat depression even though the conventional treatments, which use drugs and electric shocks, often have serious side effects.
Which of the following, if true, best explains the fact that sleep-deprivation is not used as a treatment for depression?
The answer is: E) Depression returns in full force as soon as the patient sleeps for even a few minutes.
However, I chose: C) "Prolonged loss of sleep can lead to temporary impairment of judgment comparable to that induced by consuming several ounces of alcohol."
The question appears to ask why sleep deprivation is not used in comparison to drugs and electric shocks that have side effects. thus, I chose the answer that had a side effect along with it. Why is the answer choice E??
Which of the following, if true, best explains the fact that sleep-deprivation is not used as a treatment for depression?
The answer is: E) Depression returns in full force as soon as the patient sleeps for even a few minutes.
However, I chose: C) "Prolonged loss of sleep can lead to temporary impairment of judgment comparable to that induced by consuming several ounces of alcohol."
The question appears to ask why sleep deprivation is not used in comparison to drugs and electric shocks that have side effects. thus, I chose the answer that had a side effect along with it. Why is the answer choice E??
