title: [Coincidence of anxiety and sleep disorders. Overview and case reports].
abstract: Anxiety disorders and sleep disorders show various interrelations. This paper stresses the clinical importance of sleep problems in relation to anxiety disorders and of anxiety symptoms in patients with sleep disorders, in context with the relevant literature. Differential diagnostic aspects of overlapping of anxiety, sleep disturbances and organic diseases with anxiety-like symptoms are presented. Sleep-related panic attacks and anxiety in insomnia provide examples of the development of pathophysiological concepts coming from the coupling of sleep and anxiety. Case reports illustrate the relevance for clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Klinik und Poliklinik der Universität Göttingen.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hajak
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bandelow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D017286:Polysomnography; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology