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Article: Central sleep apnea tied to anxiety--not depression, OSA.(ADULT PSYCHIATRY)

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June 1, 2009
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Patients exhibiting central sleep apnea are three times more likely to have an anxiety disorder than are those with no evidence of central apnea, a study of 314 adults referred to a sleep clinic shows.

There was no association between central sleep apnea (CSA) and depression or between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and either anxiety or depression. Dr. Leon Tourian, Jr. of McGill University, Montreal, discussed the findings during a poster session at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.

In an interview. Dr. Tourian said he found no association between CSA and anxiety to be surprising. "Hyperventilation causes ...

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