Winter is coming: nightmares and sleep problems during seasonal affective disorder

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 612-619

  Sandman, Nils ^a,b   Merikanto, Ilona ^a,c   Määttänen, Hanna ^b   Valli, Katja ^b,d   Kronholm, Erkki ^a   Laatikainen, Tiina ^a,e,f   Partonen, Timo ^a   Paunio, Tiina ^a,g  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^f Hospital District of North Karelia   (Finland)

^g HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

epidemiology; urban rural differences

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LATITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHTMARE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL PATTERN ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP TIME; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT CHANGE; WINTER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; DREAM; FINLAND; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH; SEASON; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; DREAMS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84970003100     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12416     Document Type: Article

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