W. Saunders
9 Papers
W. Saunders is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Insomnia. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 6 publications.
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Insomnia is a key risk factor for persistent anxiety and depressive symptoms: A 12-month longitudinal cohort study during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hailey Meaklim,W. Saunders,Michelle L. Byrne,Mira Jung,Prerna Varma,Wendy A Finck,Melinda L. Jackson +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors examined whether individuals with insomnia symptoms early in the pandemic, either pre-existing or new-onset, were more vulnerable to anxiety and depressive symptoms over time than those who maintained normal sleep.
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Strange themes in pandemic dreams: Insomnia was associated with more negative, anxious and death‐related dreams during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Hailey Meaklim,Malisa Burge,Flora Le,Sukjhit K Bains,W. Saunders,S. Ghosh,Mira Jung,Prerna Varma,Imogen C. Rehm,Melinda L. Jackson +9 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors present a longitudinal, mixed-methods study examining changes in dreaming between individuals with and without insomnia symptoms and their relationship to mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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P083 Longitudinal changes in the sleep of patients of a multidisciplinary sleep clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic
Y. Ng,E. Nguyen,Bei Bei,George Hamilton,SW Rajaratnam,W. Saunders,Cornelia Wellecke,Darren Mansfield +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors aimed to describe longitudinal changes of sleep in adult patients at a multidisciplinary sleep clinic throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, where participants completed six self-report online surveys between October 2020 and March 2022 (after easing of restrictions).
O051 Insomnia predicts persistent symptoms of anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: A 12-month longitudinal cohort study
W. Saunders,Hailey Meaklim,Michelle L. Byrne,Mira Jung,Prerna Varma,Wendy A Finck,M. L. Jackson +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors investigated whether individuals with insomnia symptoms at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic were at increased vulnerability to anxiety and depressive symptoms longitudinally compared to those who continued sleeping normally.
P104 Exploring the heterogeneity of psychiatric symptom profiles in sleep clinic patients using a cross-cutting dimensional approach
W. Saunders,Cornelia Wellecke,Marie-Antoinette Spina,S. Lu,Y. Ng,Fiona Cahill,C. Jenkins,SW Rajaratnam,George Hamilton,Darren Mansfield,Bei Bei +10 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors report an ongoing effort to characterise presenting psychiatric symptom profiles of individuals seeking treatment at a sleep clinic and classify heterogenous subgroups within a large sample.