[Prevalence of sleep-related breathing disorders of inpatients with psychiatric disorders].

DISCUSSION: The high prevalence indicates that sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder among psychiatric patients. Although OSAS can lead to substantial disorders of the mental state and when untreated is accompanied by serious somatic health problems, screening procedures are not part of the routine work-up in psychiatric hospitals; therefore, sleep apnea is presumably underdiagnosed in psychiatric patients. In view of the results of this and previous studies, this topic complex should be the subject of further research studies.
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Source: Der Nervenarzt - June 6, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Behr M, Acker J, Cohrs S, Deuschle M, Danker-Hopfe H, Göder R, Norra C, Richter K, Riemann D, Schilling C, Weeß HG, Wetter TC, Wollenburg LM, Pollmächer T Tags: Nervenarzt Source Type: research