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The Relationship Between Sleep Disturbances and Psychiatric Disorders: Introduction and Overview
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 10 Talcott Notch Road, Third Floor, East Wing, Farmington, CT 06030-6415, USA.
Abstract:
Changes in the psychiatric diagnostic guidelines with the transition from Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV to DSM-V include acknowledgment that primary sleep disorders such as insomnia can occur in conjunction with medical and psychiatric disorders. This change in viewpoint regarding the definition of primary sleep disorders opens the way to the recognition that patients with psychiatric disorders demonstrate a high prevalence of sleep disturbances, with complaints of insomnia and excessive daytime sleepiness being especially commonly reported. Recent investigations have pointed to a bidirectional relationship between sleep disturbances and psychiatric disorders.
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