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Is It OSA or Depression or Both?

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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and depression are common illnesses that frequently coexist in the same patient. Both can also be associated with several chronic, severe medical conditions including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The symptoms of OSA and depression often overlap leading to frequent underdiagnosis of OSA patients who present to psychiatric clinics with symptoms of depression. Undiagnosed OSA in patients with depression can lead to poor outcomes and treatment failures. Clinicians need to be aware of the relationship between these two conditions since increased diagnostic accuracy can produce better outcomes for both conditions.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan

    Ali M. Hashmi

  2. Center for Sleep Medicine, VA North Texas Health Care System, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

    Imran S. Khawaja

  3. Department of Neurology and Sleep Disorders, Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

    Wolfgang Schmidt-Nowara

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  1. Center for Sleep Medicine, VA North Texas Health Care System, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology and Neurotherapeutics UT, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

    Imran S. Khawaja

  2. Minneapolis VAHCS, Hennepin County Medical Center, and University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA

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Hashmi, A.M., Khawaja, I.S., Schmidt-Nowara, W. (2019). Is It OSA or Depression or Both?. In: Khawaja, I., Hurwitz, T. (eds) Comorbid Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11772-6_1

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