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Sleep Disorders

Opening the curtains for better sleep in psychotic disorders - considerations for improving sleep treatment.

Sep 28, 2020

Sleep disturbances are prevalent in people with psychosis and are related to several negative outcomes. Recent research indicates that sleep disturbances contribute to the development of psychosis and...

Adenoidectomy Without Tonsillectomy for Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Sep 24, 2020

The primary objective was to determine if obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can improve after adenoidectomy.Case series with chart review.Tertiary children's hospital between 2016 and 2018.The study inclu...

Chronic alcohol exposure reduces acetylated histones in the sleep-wake regulatory brain regions to cause insomnia during withdrawal.

Sep 24, 2020

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) develops after chronic and heavy use of alcohol. Insomnia, a hallmark of AUD, plays a crucial role in the development of AUD. However, the causal mechanisms are unknown. Sin...

Acceptance and commitment therapy in adult cancer survivors: a systematic review and conceptual model.

Sep 21, 2020

People with cancer experience significant physical and psychological symptoms, during as well as after primary treatment. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a psychological intervention, reduces...

Efficacy of digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Sep 21, 2020

Although cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) has been recommended the initial therapy for insomnia, its clinical usage remains limited due to the lack of therapists. Digital CBT-I (dCBT...

Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Preoperative Screening Strategies for Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Patients Undergoing Elective Inpatient Surgery.

Sep 17, 2020

Obstructive sleep apnea is underdiagnosed in surgical patients. The cost-effectiveness of obstructive sleep apnea screening is unknown. This study's objective was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of...

Healing of Dissociative Identity Disorder, Borderline Personality Traits, and Bipolar Disorder Through Lifestyle Interventions: A Case Report.

Sep 17, 2020

This case report illustrates that the use of a series of lifestyle interventions delivered via the "Vital Mind Reset" online program led to the resolution of disabling psychiatric symptoms.A 40-year-o...

Machine learning for nocturnal mass diagnosis of atrial fibrillation in a population at risk of sleep-disordered breathing.

Sep 17, 2020

In this research, we introduce a new methodology for atrial fibrillation (AF) diagnosis during sleep in a large population sample at risk of sleep-disordered breathing.The approach leverages digital b...

Eating disorder symptomatology, clinical impairment, and comorbid psychopathology in racially and ethnically diverse college women with eating disorders.

Sep 14, 2020

To examine eating disorder (ED) symptomatology, related clinical impairment, and comorbid psychopathology in college women with EDs across five racial and two ethnic groups.Participants were 690 women...

Blinding and bias in a hypnotic clinical trial.

Sep 14, 2020

Information is lacking regarding how commonly unblinding of treatment assignment occurs in hypnotic randomized clinic trials (RCTs). We now report the "best guesses" of clinical trial participants, ve...

Gender differences in plasma pharmacokinetics and hepatic metabolism of geissoschizine methyl ether from Uncaria hook in rats.

Sep 10, 2020

Geissoschizine methyl ether (GM), an indole alkaloid from Uncaria hook, is an active ingredient in the traditional Japanese Kampo medicine yokukansan, which is used to treat neurosis, insomnia, irrita...

Short communication: Self-reported sleep-wake disturbances preceding onset of full-threshold mood and/or psychotic syndromes in community residing adolescents and young adults.

Sep 10, 2020

Insomnia may predict onset of mental disorders in adults. However, it is unclear whether the same directional relationship exists during the peak age range for the onset of major mental disorders and/...

Management of obstructive sleep apnea in children with achondroplasia: Outcomes of surgical interventions.

Sep 10, 2020

Children with achondroplasia are predisposed to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), however little is known regarding surgical interventions and outcomes for this condition. The aim of this study was to ev...

Does gender matter: sex-specific aspects of symptoms, outcome, and therapy of obstructive sleep apnea.

Sep 07, 2020

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has historically been considered as a male disease. As a result, female individuals with OSA were often under-diagnosed and under-treated compared with male individuals. ...

Acute intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia and cerebral neurovascular coupling in males and females.

Sep 07, 2020

The decline in cognition observed in obstructive sleep apnea is linked to intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia (IHH), which is known to impair cerebrovascular reactivity. Whether acute IHH impairs the mat...

Association between concurrent antidepressant and hypnotic treatment and the risk of dementia: A nationwide cohort study.

Sep 07, 2020

This study aimed to investigate the risk of dementia among subgroups of patients receiving concurrent antidepressant and hypnotic treatment, antidepressants alone, and hypnotics alone.Multivariate Cox...

Efficacy and long-term follow-up of positional therapy by vibrotactile neck-based device in the management of positional OSA.

Sep 03, 2020

Different therapeutic strategies have been investigated for the treatment of positional-OSA (POSA), but more evidence is needed about efficacy and compliance. The objective of this study was to descri...

Obstructive sleep apnea and respiratory center regulation abnormality.

Sep 03, 2020

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a complex disease in which phenotypic analysis and understanding pathological mechanisms facilitate personalized treatment and outcomes. However, the pathophysiology r...

Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Effects of stay-at-home policies, social distancing behavior, and social resources.

Aug 31, 2020

Social distancing is the most visible public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but its implications for mental health are unknown. In a nationwide online sample of 435 U.S. adults, conducted ...

Power spectral densities of nocturnal pulse oximetry signals differ in OSA patients with and without daytime sleepiness.

Aug 31, 2020

As nocturnal hypoxemia and heart rate variability are associated with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) related to OSA, we hypothesize that the power spectral densities (PSD) of nocturnal pulse oxime...