Psychiatric morbidity in patients referred to an insomnia clinic

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-165

  Mahendran, R ^a   Subramaniam, M ^a   Chan, Y H ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Biostatistics Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Insomnia clinic; Psychiatric disorders; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM; ADDICTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34447542683     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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