Hippocrates, the father of Medicine, spoke of the importance of sleep through this wonderful aphorism. However, it can be said that it was only in 1929 that the modern era of sleep investigation began, with the description of the electrical activity of the human brain by the German psychiatrist Hans Berger, who created the term “electroencephalography”. In Chicago in the 1930s, Loomis, Harvey a...

Introduction: Insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea are among the most common sleep-wake disorders. A relatively new category of disorders, studied more thoroughly for only a few years, is occurrence symptoms both insomnia in one patient treating it as different disease entity. This phenomenon increasingly referred to COMISA (Co-morbid apnea). The aim this paper to: 1) draw attention interesting...

THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS, FOURTH EDITION (DSM-IV) DEFINES PRIMARY INSOMNIA AS A COMPLAINT OF DIFFICULTY initiating and/or maintaining sleep or of nonrestorative sleep lasting for at least 1 month.1 The revised version of the International Classification of Sleep Disorders, Revised (ICSD-R) uses the term psychophysiologic insomnia and regards insomnia of 6 months...

INTRODUCTION Inadequate sleep patterns and insomnia are frequently linked and represent common sleep disorders among adolescents. The present study provides data on sleep patterns and insomnia among Portuguese adolescents. MATERIAL E METHODS In a cross-sectional study we evaluated 6,919 students from the 7th to the 12th grade from twenty-six secondary schools. Data was collected using a self-...

Current pharmacological treatment of insomnia involves the use of sedative-hypnotic benzodiazepine and non-benzodiazepine drugs. Although benzodiazepines improve sleep, their multiple adverse effects hamper their application. Adverse effects include impairment of memory and cognitive functions, next-day hangover and dependence. Non-benzodiazepines are effective for initiating sleep but are not ...

PURPOSE Insomnia is commonly experienced by cancer survivors. Chronic insomnia is associated with significant physical and psychosocial consequences if not properly treated. Both the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommend the evaluation of sleep disturbances and evidence-based treatment of insomnia during routine survivorship care. To bett...

Sleep disorders are so frequently associated with depression that, in the absence of sleep complaints, a diagnosis of depression should be made with caution. Insomnia, in particular, may occur in 60%-80% of depressed patients. Depressive symptoms are important risk factors for insomnia, and depression is considered an important comorbid condition in patients with chronic insomnia of any etiolog...

Background and Objective Lockdown, social confinement, the uncertainty of COVID-19 pandemic have increased mental health disorders affected sleep disorders, especially insomnia. This study aims to explain prevalence insomnia before during in Surakarta, Indonesia.Methods cross-sectional survey was conducted twice Surakarta city. The with 456 participants 1254 participants. All were selected usin...

Despite insomnia being the most common sleep disorder, little is known about the contribution of genetics to its etiology and pathophysiology. Between 6% and 10% of individuals experience insomnia that is chronic in nature, whereas another 25% report occasional difficulties with sleep. Insomnia is also associated with several negative sequelae including fatigue, irritability, and impaired conce...

Insomnia in patients with alcohol dependence has increasingly become a target of treatment due to its prevalence, persistence, and associations with relapse and suicidal thoughts, as well as randomized controlled studies demonstrating efficacy with behavior therapies and non-addictive medications. This article focuses on assessing and treating insomnia that persists despite 4 or more weeks of s...