Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 227-238 , August 2010

Sleep and emotions: A focus on insomnia

  • Chiara Baglioni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Hauptstraße 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 761 270 6589; fax: +49 761 270 6619.
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  • Kai Spiegelhalder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Hauptstraße 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
    • Tel.: +49 761 270 6589; fax: +49 761 270 6619.
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  • Caterina Lombardo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Roma, Italy
    • Tel.: +39 06 4991 7529; fax: +39 06 4991 7711.
    • ,
  • Dieter Riemann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Hauptstraße 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
    • Tel.: +49 761 270 6919; fax: +49 761 270 6523.

Received 7 August 2009 ,Revised 16 October 2009 ,Accepted 17 October 2009.

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Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 227-238 , August 2010

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