Introduction: One of the most frequent abnormal sleep disorders is insomnia, which can interfere with the daily functioning of an individual by affecting social relationships and occupational activity. Insomnia is often referred to as "sahar" in most traditional Iranian sources. The scholars of traditional medicine in Iran grouped the causes of insomnia into "voluntary" and inv...

STUDY OBJECTIVES This study used empirically validated insomnia diagnostic criteria to compare depression and anxiety in people with insomnia and people not having insomnia. We also explored which specific sleep variables were significantly related to depression and anxiety. Finally, we compared depression and anxiety in (1) different insomnia types, (2) Caucasians and African Americans, and (3...

Anxiety disorders are frequently comorbid with insomnia, and sleep disturbance in patients with anxiety disorders is the most common complaint. Antidepressants can affect sleep quality; however, their effect in patients with comorbid insomnia and anxiety disorders is unclear. The aim of the present study was to comprehensively evaluate the dose, treatment duration, treatment efficacy and safety...

The prevalence of insomnia has been studied in many populations with different definitions of insomnia. The International Classification of Sleep Disorders (1) defines insomnia also in its mildest form as an almost nightly complaint of an insufficient amount of sleep, or not feeling rested after the habitual sleep episode. The severity of insomnia is determined by the impairment of social and o...

OBJECTIVE To examine the predictive role of insomnia and sleep duration on the 2-year course of depressive and anxiety disorders. METHOD This study is a secondary data analysis based on data from the baseline (2004-2007) and 2-year assessment of the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety. Participants were 1,069 individuals with DSM-IV-based depressive and/or anxiety disorders at baselin...

Copyright: © 2012 Baglioni C, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. The International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD-2) [1] defines insomnia as a difficulty in initiating/maintaining ...

BACKGROUND Although sleep disorders are a risk factor for suicidal behavior little research has examined why sleep disorders confer suicide risk. The present study examined the relation between two sleep disorders, insomnia symptoms and nightmares, and suicide risk in the context of Joiner's interpersonal-psychological theory of suicide (IPTS). METHODS The present study utilized two large sam...

Insomnia is a common disorder among the general population, which has chronic course and heavy burden on patients health care system. Epidemiological papers sleep disorders show that large number of people complain disorders. Today, there are several classifications definitions for disorders, first all insomnia. Insufficient can contribute to occurrence rapid fatigue during daytime, reduced act...

Insomnia is a leading cause of sleep disturbance in primary care practice affecting >30% of people in the United States and can result in psychological and physiological consequences. We aim for a focused discussion of some of the underpinnings of insomnia and practical tips for management (eg, algorithms). A PubMed search was conducted using English language papers between 1997-2007, with the ...