Purpose The symptoms of sleep apnea, such as sleep fragmentation and oxygen
desaturation, might be risk factors for subsequent mood disorder (MD), but associations …

Background Sleep apnea exerts adverse health effects due to inflammation and metabolic
disruption. It is associated with metabolic diseases. However, the evidence of its relationship …

Objectives Sleep apnea and depression often co-occur in clinical studies, but population-
based studies demonstrated mixed results. We determined the association of sleep apnea …

The association between sleep apnea (SA) and depression had been reported in a few
previous studies. However, whether SA increases the risk of major depressive disorder …

Study Objectives: Empirical findings on the prospective link between obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) and subsequent depression are mixed. This nationwide, population-based …

Abstract Study Objectives: We conducted the present study to determine whether psychiatric
disorders are commonly associated with sleep apnea in Veterans Health Administration …

Objective Sleep apnea has been shown to be associated with mental health conditions. This
study examined the association between sleep apnea and psychopathology and mental …

Soreca I, Levenson J, Lotz M, Frank E, Kupfer DJ. Sleep apnea risk and clinical correlates in
patients with bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disord 2012: 14: 672–676.© 2012 The Authors …

There are high rates of depression in people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in both
community and clinical populations. A large community study reported a rate of 17% and …

PURPOSE Epidemiological studies have identified a trend in the development of depressive
and anxiety disorders following a diagnosis of sleep apnea. The relationship between sleep …