Sleep disorders in substance abusers: How common are they?

Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 38-42

  Mahfoud, Youssef ^a   Talih, Farid ^b   Streem, David ^c   Budur, Kumar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry and Sleep Disorders Center   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Insomnia; Opiates; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TRANQUILIZER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; RELAPSE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649225176     PISSN: 15505952     EISSN: 15555194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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