Many factors contribute to the onset of insomnia. However, few studies have identified the factors related to the onset of insomnia in hypertensive patients. We conducted a pharmacoepidemiologic study to examine the incidence of insomnia in hypertensive patients by using a post-marketing surveillance database. The insomnia onset was defined as the time of first prescription of hypnotics. The in...

WHILE A NUMBER OF PSYCHIATRISTS WITH AN INTEREST IN INSOMNIA AND MOOD DISORDERS HAVE LINKED THE TWO,1,2 MY READING OF THE LITERATURE has given me the sense that psychiatric sleep specialists have been reluctant to use the “C” word, (ie, the “cause” word). One can find many statements in the literature along the lines that: “major depressive disorder is associated with sleep disturbance...” or “...

Insomnia and other non-respiratory sleep disorders in children and adolescents are a widespread problem, with a higher prevalence in children with neurodevelopmental or psychiatric co-morbidities. Although non-drug treatments, such as behavioural therapy can be extremely effective in some forms of paediatric insomnia, clinical experience and studies with children with neuropsychiatric disorders...

Sleep disorders are important manifestations of neurodegenerativediseases and sometimes are clinically evident well before the onset of other neurological manifestations. This review addresses theneuroanatomical basis and the mechanisms of sleep regulation in humans in relation to the neuropathology of entities associated with sleep disturbances in selected diseases, including Alzheimer disease...

INTRODUCTION Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and insomnia often coexist, and it is estimated that nearly half of those who suffer from the former report symptoms of the latter. The fact that these patients have no other causes of insomnia indicates that it is a sign of OSAS. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of nocturnal ventilatory support (NVS) in the t...

PURPOSE The safety and efficacy of quetiapine for the treatment of insomnia in adults are reviewed. SUMMARY Quetiapine was developed for the treatment of psychiatric disorders, but its antagonism of histamine H1- and serotonin type 2A receptors has the added effect of causing sedation. As such, quetiapine is widely used off-label as a treatment for insomnia. Due to quetiapine's potential adve...

Complaints of insomnia are very common, especially in older adults. Although pharmacotherapy is the most common form of treatment, recent evidence shows cognitive-behavioural therapy to be superior in the short- and long-term management of insomnia. Low-threshold intervention programmes may reduce both the individual and societal burden of insomnia, coexisting with or without other mental or ph...

  Abstract   Background: A significant relationship between psychiatric disorders principally   depression and anxiety and insomnia is well-known in general population. Ahigh percent   of insomnia sufferers report anxiety symptoms. Anxiety is also frequently seen in   medical patients whom complaints of sleep problems are often prominent.   Method: 250 outpatients with various medical complaint...