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Sleep panic attacks in patients with panic disorder: the association with major depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

H Kara
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Department of Psychiatry, Yüzüncü Yil University School of Medicine, Araştirma Hastanesi, Maras Caddesi, Van, Turkey
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Summary

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of sleep panic to major depression in patients with panic disorder. We found that the patients with sleep panic had a higher prevalence of major depression than subjects of other panic disorders.

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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1997

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