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Anderson RJ, McCrae CS, Staud R, Berry RB, Robinson ME.
Department of Clinical and Health...
Department of Clinical and Health...
Bidirectional interactions between circadian entrainment and cognitive performance
Gritton HJ, Kantorowski A, Sarter M, Lee TM.
Department of Psychology, University of...
Department of Psychology, University of...
Subjective, anatomical, and functional nasal evaluation of patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
de Aguiar Vidigal T, Martinho Haddad FL, Gregório LC, Poyares D, Tufik S, Azeredo...
Sleep disturbances and fatigue: independent predictors of sickness absence? A prospective study among 6538 employees
Bültmann U, Nielsen MB, Madsen IE, Burr H, Rugulies R.
Department of Health Sciences,...
Department of Health Sciences,...
The role of presleep negative emotion in sleep physiology
Vandekerckhove M, Weiss R, Schotte C, Exadaktylos V, Haex B, Verbraecken J, Cluydts R....
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Sleep and psychiatric disorders show important bidirectional relationships
Michael Sateia, MD
Section of Sleep Medicine
Dartmouth Medical School
Lebanon, NH
Disturbances in sleep quality, quantity, and timing are associated with numerous mood and psychiatric disorders and are often a factor in their development, exacerbation, and/or persistence. In turn, psychiatric disorders tend to complicate the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. The present review explores the practical clinical aspects of the associations between psychiatric and sleep disorders, the bidirectional relationship that exists between them, and available therapeutic options (eg, pharmacotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy). Here, Dr. Sateia discusses the relationship between psychiatric and mood disorders, their treatments, and sleep impairment. Specific discussion is given to insomnia’s relationship with depression and posttraumatic stress disorder, circadian rhythm disorders and mental health, and obstructive sleep apnea’s relationship with major depressive disorder and schizophrenia. Dr Sateia suggests that concomitant treatment of both sleep and psychiatric disorders as effective therapy that should become the standard in patient care.
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