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Latest tagged entries for 'INSOMNIA'



Insomnia often untreated in patients with mental disorders

Tuesday, 12 February 2008 9:31 A GMT+01
Patients with insomnia who are diagnosed with accompanying mental health ailments often are not prescribed medication that will help them sleep - which could then make related anxiety or depression worse, new research suggests.

Behavioral therapies for the treatment of insomnia

Wednesday, 17 October 2007 8:56 A GMT+01
...[W]hen patients suffer from the disorder of insomnia, it is a gross disservice for clinicians to simply provide a medication with no effort made to help patients change perceptions and behaviors

Clinical updates in sleep medicine: Benzodiazepines

Tuesday, 28 August 2007 9:13 A GMT+01
Despite the well-documented efficacy and safety records of benzodiazepines, physicians elect to use agents from a number of pharmaceutical classes to treat insomnia, despite absent safety and efficacy data to support their use.

Insomnia and psychiatric illness

Thursday, 24 May 2007 8:47 A GMT+01
There is a prevalence of insomnia seen in psychiatric illness although insomnia itself can be a risk factor for psychiatric disorders.

USPSYCH: Insomnia treatment boosts antidepressant efficacy

Tuesday, 1 May 2007 6:17 A GMT+01
A significant number of patients with major depression also suffer from chronic insomnia that hampers recovery, a sleep expert said here.

Insomnia and comorbid disorders: Depression

Tuesday, 10 April 2007 7:49 A GMT+01
Clinicians have long recognized and have been taught in clinical training that sleep and mood are closely related. The DSM-IV includes symptoms of disturbed sleep as one of the primary diagnostic criteria for major depression

Sleep disorders increase child anxiety, depression

Wednesday, 3 January 2007 5:04 A GMT+01
According to a study published in the January 1st issue of the journal SLEEP, sleep-disturbed children are more severely depressed and have more depressive symptoms and comorbid anxiety disorders compared with children without sleep disturbance.

Treating insomnia with OTC sleep aids, herbal supplements

Friday, 8 December 2006 6:59 A GMT+01
Insomnia is a common sleep complaint that affects about 30 percent of adults in the U.S. It occurs when a person has trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, wakes up too early, or feels unrefreshed after sleeping.

Insomnia has distinct relationships with anxiety disorders and depression

Saturday, 25 November 2006 5:57 A GMT+01
Investigators have unraveled the natural patterns of development for insomnia, anxiety, and depression, finding insomnia has independent and potentially distinct directional associations with anxiety disorders versus depression. "It appears that amon

Abstract: Are z-hypnotics better and safer sleeping pills than benzodiazepines?

Saturday, 25 November 2006 5:53 A GMT+01
Benzodiazepines and the benzodiazepine-like z-hypnotics (zopiclone, zolpidem, and zaleplon) have the same mode of action and many of the same effects.

Insomnia may signal more mental health disorders to come

Wednesday, 22 November 2006 8:37 A GMT+01
The pathology behind insomnia may be a more than a consequence of mental disorders such as anxiety, depression, and alcohol abuse, investigators here said. It may be a harbinger of an underlying cause.

FDA clears electrical device for anxiety, depression, insomnia and pain

Thursday, 3 August 2006 5:06 A GMT+01
Pic: Moeller MedicalMoeller Medical, LLC has announced that it will be distributing a FDA-cleared electrical device that effectively treats depression, anxiety, insomnia, and pain.

CBT appears more effective than insomnia medications

Wednesday, 28 June 2006 8:46 A GMT+01
Patients with insomnia who implemented cognitive behavioral therapy interventions such as relaxation techniques had greater improvement in their sleep than patients who received the sleep medication zopiclone

Newly discovered brain protein may treat anxiety, insomnia and schizophrenia

Friday, 23 June 2006 6:50 A GMT+01
A small protein in the brain that has only recently been discovered and, paradoxically, induces both profound wakefulness and a less anxious state, may represent a novel target for the treatment of psychotic behavior

Abstract: Eszopiclon (Lunesta™) Co-Administered With Fluoxetine (Prozac®) in MDD patients with insomnia

Monday, 12 June 2006 8:37 A GMT+01
Bio Psychiatry 2006 June; 59(11):1052-1060 Eszopiclone co-administered with fluoxetine in patients with insomnia coexisting with major depressive disorder Fava M, McCall WV, Andrew Krystal A, Wessel T, Rubens R, Caron J, Amato D, Roth T. Depression C

Can't sleep?

Saturday, 29 April 2006 4:56 A GMT+01
New Sleep Medications Target Mechanisms And Diminish Adverse Effects The indications for pharmacotherapy of insomnia are changing. With a better understanding of the mechanisms of sleep and wakefulness, the focus of pharmacotherapy is on targeting s

Obesity and Insomnia Linked by Excitability of Brain Cells

Wednesday, 13 April 2005 9:50 A GMT+01
A possible link between lack of sleep (insomnia) and obesity has been traced to hypocretin/orexin cells in the hypothalamus region of the brain that are easily excited and sensitive to stress, Yale School of Medicine researchers report