Atypical depression as a risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in young adults

CONCLUSIONS: In our study, we demonstrated that the prevalence of OSAS was 18.6 % in young adults referred to the Erasme Hospital Sleep Laboratory. In addition, we have shown that unlike typical depression, atypical depression was associated with an increased risk of OSAS in young adults, which seems to justify more systematic research of this pathology in young adults suffering from atypical depression in order to allow the establishment of adapted therapeutic strategies and avoid the negative consequences associated with the co-occurrence of these two pathologies.PMID:34092378 | DOI:10.1016/j.encep.2021.02.018

Source: L Encephale - June 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: A Mungo M Hein J-P Lanquart G Loas Source Type: research