Publications by authors named "Micoulaud-Franchi J"

Study Objectives: Both the (ICSD) and the sleep-wake disorders section of the (DSM) emphasize the importance of clinical judgment in distinguishing the normal from the pathological in sleep medicine. The fourth edition of the DSM (DSM-IV, 1994) introduced the clinical significance criterion (CSC) to standardize this judgment and enhance diagnostic reliability.

Methods: This review conducts a theoretical and historical content analysis of CSC presence, frequency, and formulation in the diagnostic criteria of sleep disorders.

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Background: Fully automated digital interventions delivered via smartphone apps have proven efficacious for a wide variety of mental health outcomes. An important aspect is that they are accessible at a low cost, thereby increasing their potential public impact and reducing disparities. However, a major challenge to their successful implementation is the phenomenon of users dropping out early.

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Sleep medicine and internal medicine share a global and transdisciplinary vision of human physiology and illnesses, with an approach guided by the complaint and semiology. In France, approximately 13 to 18 million individuals suffer from a sleep disorder: these disorders therefore represent a public health problem. Their comorbidities with systemic autoimmune diseases are frequent.

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To establish an overarching definition of what constitutes a sleep disorder, it is essential to know which health conditions should be included in the classifications of sleep disorders and to better distinguish the normal from the pathological in sleep medicine. This would bring together several professional organizations in their understanding of this hitherto heterogeneous concept. However, no consensus regarding a general definition of a sleep disorder currently exists.

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For many years, it has been widely accepted in the psychiatric field that clinical practice cannot be reduced to finely tuned statistical prediction systems utilizing diverse clinical data. Clinicians are recognized for their unique and irreplaceable roles. In this brief historical overview, viewed through the lens of artificial intelligence (AI), we propose that comprehending the reasoning behind AI can enhance our understanding of clinical reasoning.

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  • Clozapine is effective for treatment-resistant schizophrenia but can cause significant side effects, notably excessive daytime sleepiness, which is a form of hypersomnolence.
  • A systematic review examined how clozapine affects objective measures of hypersomnolence, analyzing six studies using various testing methods like polysomnography (PSG).
  • Initial findings showed clozapine led to longer sleep times and quicker sleep onset, but these effects did not last beyond 4-6 weeks, indicating a need for further long-term research on sleep patterns and wakefulness in clozapine-treated patients.
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  • The authors talk about a study that looks at mental health problems and how they are diagnosed in a guide called DSM-5.
  • They focus on breaking down different symptoms and patterns that people with these problems might have.
  • The goal is to understand mental health better and help doctors diagnose patients more accurately.
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  • The study aimed to identify factors predicting ongoing driving risks related to sleepiness in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) undergoing continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment.
  • Researchers analyzed data from over 5,300 patients, assessing incidents of near-misses and accidents before and after at least 90 days of CPAP therapy.
  • Findings revealed that ongoing sleepiness while driving and poor treatment adherence (less than 4 hours per night) significantly increased the likelihood of near-misses and accidents, highlighting the need for thorough follow-ups by health professionals.
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The concept of multimorbidity in psychiatry refers to the coexistence of multiple health conditions without conceptualizing a central disorder referring to a patient-centered approach that views every diagnosis equally. It emphasizes a shift from focusing on an index disorder to considering interrelated symptoms crucial in psychiatry due to frequent multimorbidity patterns. In clinical practice, multimorbidity guides patient-centered care helping to address the holistic needs of patients and challenging the organization of mental health care.

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Background And Aims: Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies have previously demonstrated a prospective influence of craving on substance use in the following hours. Conceptualizing substance use as a dynamic system of causal elements could provide valuable insights into the interaction of craving with other symptoms in the process of relapse. The aim of this study was to improve the understanding of these daily life dynamic inter-relationships by applying dynamic networks analyses to EMA data sets.

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  • * The French Endocrine Society and associated organizations created a reference document to address the complexities of managing these tumors, which can recur and lead to serious health issues, including impaired quality of life for patients, especially those with hypothalamic syndrome.
  • * Recent research has identified two tumor types—papillary and adamantinomatous—with different molecular signatures and treatment strategies, prompting ongoing developments in therapeutic options, including new medications for associated symptoms like hyperphagia.
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Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is frequent among patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) and can persist despite the optimal correction of respiratory events (apnea, hypopnea and respiratory efforts), using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or mandibular advancement device. Symptoms like apathy and fatigue may be mistaken for EDS. In addition, EDS has multi-factorial origin, which makes its evaluation complex.

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  • Sleep health involves various factors, including personal behaviors and disorders, and symptom network analysis helps visualize the interactions between these factors and how they relate to age and sex.
  • The study analyzed data from over 35,000 participants in France, focusing on sleep-related symptoms using a network approach to compare differences based on age and sex.
  • Results showed that the most central symptoms across all groups were nonrestorative sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness, with younger individuals (especially women) showing additional issues like circadian misalignment and sleep deprivation, while older participants highlighted problems like leg sensory disturbances.
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Assessing chronotype is essential in clinical and research environments, but the Munich ChronoType Questionnaire (MCTQ), a widely utilised tool, is not available in French. Therefore, we carried out an observational monocentric study to validate the French MCTQ against the sleep diary for sleep schedules, the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ) for chronotype, and polysomnography measures. We utilised the mid-sleep point on free days (MSF), adjusted for sleep debt (MSFsc), to gauge morningness/eveningness.

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Healthcare workers often have irregular work schedules and experience significant stress, which can lead to poor sleep quality and frequent mental health issues, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to assess the prevalence of poor sleep hygiene and mental health complaints among healthcare workers and examine their associations. We investigated participants' typical sleep-wake patterns on workdays and free days as indicators of sleep hygiene.

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Objective: To assess the association between sleep irregularity, anxiety, and depression while controlling for other sleep dimensions and using a longitudinal design.

Methods: Longitudinal cohort study which started in April 2020 during the first French lockdown in the general population. Follow-up questionnaires were completed in June 2020, a period without lockdown measures.

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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common condition that is increasing in prevalence worldwide. Untreated OSA has a negative impact on health-related quality of life and is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Despite available data suggesting that cardiovascular risk might differ according to clinical phenotypes and comorbidities, current approaches to OSA treatment usually take a "one size fits all" approach.

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PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES AND DIAGNOSIS OF INSOMNIA DISORDER. All pathophysiological models place hyperarousal as a central process in the mechanisms of insomnia. These models differ, however, in terms of the importance and role of the variables explaining this hyperarousal.

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Background: How epilepsy surgery influences the bidirectional relationship of epilepsy and depression remains poorly defined.

Method: For a better understanding of this question, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of risk ratio on depression prevalence before and after epilepsy surgery, using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Three databases were comprehensively screened for all studies assessing depression before and after resective surgery in adult epileptic patients until 8 October 2022.

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Objective: Eco-anxiety is a complex construct that has been created to grasp the psychological impact of the consequences of global warming. The concept needs a reliably valid questionnaire to better evaluate its impact on the risk of anxiety and depressive disorders. The Eco-Anxiety Questionnaire (EAQ-22) evaluates two dimensions: 'habitual ecological anxiety' and 'distress related to eco-anxiety'.

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Study Objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a heterogeneous condition covering many clinical phenotypes in terms of the diversity of symptoms. Patient-based OSA screening questionnaires used in routine practice contain significantly varying contents that can impact the reliability and validity of the screening. We investigated to what extent common patient-based OSA screening questionnaires differ or overlap in their item content by conducting a rigorous, methodical, and quantified content overlap analysis.

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Historically, the field of sleep medicine has revolved around electrophysiological tools. However, the use of these tools as a neurophysiological method of investigation seems to be underrepresented today, from both international recommendations and sleep centers, in contrast to behavioral and psychometric tools. The aim of this article is to combine a data-driven approach and neurophysiological and sleep medicine expertise to confirm or refute the hypothesis that neurophysiology has declined in favor of behavioral or self-reported dimensions in sleep medicine for the investigation of sleepiness, despite the use of electrophysiological tools.

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Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is multifactorial. It combines, among other things, an excessive propensity to fall asleep ("physiological sleepiness") and a continuous non-imperative sleepiness (or drowsiness/hypo-arousal) leading to difficulties remaining awake and maintaining sustained attention and vigilance over the long term ("manifest sleepiness"). There is no stand-alone biological measure of EDS.

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