Sleep, psychiatric disorders and suicide
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[Sleep in psychiatric disorders].
Altered sleep patterns are prominent in the majority of psychiatric disorders. This article examines the psychiatric disorders that are most often associated to sleep dysfunction as it is related in clinical practice and describes the polysomnographic findings. Patient's main complaints are related to difficulty in initiating and maintaining sleep (initial or middle insomnia, respectively) and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Psychiatric Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0022-3956
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.09.011