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Clinical:Insomnia
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Insomnia, also called sleep initiation and maintenance disorders is a group of disorders "characterized by impairment of the ability to initiate or maintain sleep. This may occur as a primary disorder or in association with another medical or psychiatric condition."[1]
Treatment
Zolpidem combined with cognitive behavioral therapy for six weeks followed by cognitive behavioral therapy alone for 6 months can cause remission in 56% of patients with persistent insomnia.[2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous, (2009) Insomnia (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Morin, Charles M et. al. "Cognitive behavioral therapy, singly and combined with medication, for persistent insomnia: a randomized controlled trial." JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 301 (2009): 2005-15 - Abstract
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