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In this chapter, we review the topic of sleep-related disorders in older adults.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital/Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA

    Insiya Nasrulla

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  1. Insiya Nasrulla
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  1. Department of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Rajesh Tampi

  2. Behavioral Health Advisory Group, Princeton, NJ, USA

    Deena Tampi

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Juan Young

  4. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Rakin Hoq

  5. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH, USA

    Kyle Resnick

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Nasrulla, I. (2021). Sleep-Wake Disorders. In: Tampi, R., Tampi, D., Young, J., Hoq, R., Resnick, K. (eds) Absolute Geriatric Psychiatry Review. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58663-8_12

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