Obstructive sleep apnea and severe mental illness: Evolution and consequences

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 503-510

  Lin, Wei Chen ^a,b   Winkelman, John W ^c,d  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Antipsychotics; Bipolar disorder; Continuous positive airway pressure; CPAP; Daytime sleepiness; Depression; Diagnosis; Obstructive sleep apnea; OSA; Panic disorder; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychiatric comorbidities; Psychiatry; PTSD; Schizophrenia; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; Sleep apnea; Sleep disorders; SSRI; Substance use disorder; Treatment; Treatment compliance

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLOZAPINE; FLUOXETINE; METHADONE; MIRTAZAPINE; PAROXETINE; PROTRIPTYLINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DSM-IV; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METHADONE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PANIC; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; REM SLEEP; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84870847922     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-012-0307-6     Document Type: Article

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