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Sleep and Quality of Life in Anxiety Disorders

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Sleep and Quality of Life in Clinical Medicine

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This chapter will discuss the relationship between a select group of anxiety disorders [nocturnal panic/panic disorder (PD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)] and sleep disturbance. Of particular interest will be the outcome measure quality of life (QOL). QOL scales are well suited to investigate treatment outcome for some sleep disorders because often subjective measures of sleep are not sensitive enough to uncover disturbance. Therefore, global measures such as QOL may be more suitable. In both PTSD and GAD, studies that show the impact of sleep disorder treatment on improving anxiety symptoms will be discussed. Hyperarousal is a major underlying theme for various sleep and anxiety disorders; therefore, it will also be addressed.

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Ebben, M.R., Spielman, A.J. (2008). Sleep and Quality of Life in Anxiety Disorders. In: Verster, J.C., Pandi-Perumal, S.R., Streiner, D.L. (eds) Sleep and Quality of Life in Clinical Medicine. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-343-5_26

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