Restless Legs Syndrome: Psychiatric Comorbidities Are More Important Than Neuroticism

Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 375-386

  Trautmann, Ellen ^a,b   Barke, Antonia ^c,d   Frisch, Johanna U ^c,d   Schmidt, Anna Lena ^c,d   Kunert, Fabia ^c,d   Canelo, Monica ^a   Sixel Döring, Friederike ^a,d   Trenkwalder, Claudia ^a,d  

^a Paracelsus Elena Klinik Kassel   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c Georg Elias Mueller Institute for Psychology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP;

EID: 84941748966     PISSN: 15402002     EISSN: 15402010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2014.919917     Document Type: Article

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