Treating Insomnia with Shen-Related Acupoints

Treating Acute Insomnia With

971 Treating acute insomnia using CBT-I—Ellis et al. INTRODUCTION Chronic insomnia is a significant public health concern and has been linked to the development and/or worsening of a number of physical and psychiatric conditions.1–6 At symptom level, between 30–48% of the population report having chronic insomnia and at syndrome level the prevalence, albeit significantly lower at between 6–15%,...

Advances in treating insomnia.

Too often, insomnia is treated as a symptom without investigation of the cause. Insomnia may be a condition unto itself (primary insomnia), or it may be associated with a medical or psychiatric condition (comorbid insomnia), and it may be acute or chronic. Inadequate treatment often leads to significant frustration and lost productivity. We review the classification, pathophysiology, and treatm...

Understanding and treating insomnia.

Sleep disturbance is intricately entwined with our sense of well-being, health, emotion regulation, performance and productivity, memory and cognitive functioning, and social interaction. A longitudinal perspective underscores the conclusion that persistent sleep disturbance, insomnia, at any time during the life span from infancy to old age has a lasting impact. We examine how insomnia develop...

Electroacupuncture in treating residual insomnia associated with depression: lessons learned.

Cancer-related insomnia.

Insomnia increases cancer symptom burden and impairs quality of life. The lack of standard definitions and treatment guidelines makes management difficult. Insomnia is common in most cancers but appears particularly so in lung, breast, and head and neck tumors. Older women seem most susceptible. Insomnia not only affects patients with cancer but also caregivers and families. Systematic screenin...