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Sleep is fundamentally a brain process. Therefore, the traditional approach to studying it in the laboratory involves recording brain-wave activity. This electroencephalographic activity is used to characterize sleep state. Other [...]

Elderly patients are frequently dissatisfied with their sleep. Changes in the sleep cycle that occur with age are one cause. Disturbed sleep also may be a symptom that reflects a [...]

FROM SLEEP 2014 MINNEAPOLIS -- Suicide maybe more likely after midnight, particularly between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m., according to new research. 'This appears to be the first data to [...]

WASHINGTON -- Insomnia is a disorder of hyperarousal rather than one of sleep deprivation, Thomas Roth, Ph.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists. "Mothers [...]

MIAMI -- People with anxiety often present with insomnia, but evidence suggests that untreated insomnia might precipitate anxiety disorders, according to a presentation at the annual conference of the Anxiety [...]

DENVER -- Recent changes in the International Classification of Sleep Disorders definition of insomnia reflect a significant evolution in expert opinion regarding the fundamental nature of these disorders, according to [...]

DENVER -- Child psychiatrists view insomnia as "a major problem" in nearly one-third of their patients, according to a national survey. The questionnaire survey completed by 1,271 actively practicing members [...]

DENVER -- Older adults with longstanding hypnotic-dependent insomnia who wish to stop taking their sleep medication usually can do so successfully--with resultant improvement in sleep--by participating in a program of [...]

Background Providing effective treatment for insomnia remains a challenge in medical practice. The National Institutes of Health recently released its final statement from a state-of-the-science conference on this common clinical [...]

DENVER -- Gaboxadol improved sleep initiation and maintenance while increasing time spent in restorative slow-wave sleep in an acute phase II placebo-controlled trial, Stephen Deacon, Ph.D., reported at the annual [...]

Mercury spills and exposures are seemingly uncommon but occur with enough regularity to consider toxic exposure to the metal in patients who have headaches, rashes, skin desquamation, and behavioral or [...]

PHILADELPHIA -- Insomnia and poor sleep habits may be the cause of the transformation from episodic to chronic migraine, Anne H. Calhoun, M.D., said in a poster session at the [...]

DENVER -- The anticonvulsant tiagabine (Gabitril) increased slow wave sleep in dose-dependent fashion in a 30-center randomized trial involving 232 adults with primary insomnia, James K. Walsh, Ph.D., reported at [...]

DENVER -- Chronic insomnia in depressed elderly patients confers roughly a ninefold increased risk of continued depression after as much as 12 months of antidepressant therapy, Wilfred Pigeon, Ph.D., reported [...]

DENVER -- Chronic insomnia in depressed elderly patients confers roughly a ninefold increased risk of continued depression after as much as 12 months of antidepressant therapy, Wilfred Pigeon, Ph.D., reported [...]

DENVER -- Chronic insomnia in depressed elderly patients confers roughly a ninefold increased risk of continued depression after as much as 12 months of antidepressant therapy, Wilfred Pigeon, Ph.D., reported [...]

SEATTLE -- Many adults who have obstructive sleep apnea or insomnia also have attention-deficit disorder as well as neuromuscular and psychiatric conditions, results from a detailed analysis suggest. "The sleep [...]

LAS VEGAS -- Behavioral therapies can break the habits and misconceptions that cause chronic insomnia, provided that psychiatric or medical problems are not at play, Dr. Bashir Chaudhary said at [...]

SEATTLE -- Many adults with obstructive sleep apnea or insomnia also have attention-deficit disorder as well as neuromuscular and psychiatric conditions, results from a detailed analysis suggest. "The sleep specialist [...]

BALTIMORE -- Why anyone would want to "sleep like a baby" is beyond any parent who has ever faced a sleepless child night after night. "Insomnia is actually a very [...]

PHILADELPHIA -- Going to sleep or napping is the most common and most effective behavioral self-management intervention reported by college-aged, tension-type-headache sufferers, according to a small preliminary study presented at [...]

Americans average more than 7 days a month of inadequate sleep, Daniel P. Chapman, Ph.D., reported at the American Psychiatric Association's Institute on Psychiatric Services. Lack of sleep was more [...]