Insomnia
Insomnia is a sleep disorder in which you have trouble falling and/or staying asleep. The condition can be short-term (acute) or can last a long time (chronic). It may also come and go. Acute insomnia lasts from 1 night to a few weeks. Insomnia is chronic when it happens at least 3 nights a week for 3 months or more.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W106
Diagnosis: Insomnia
US Patients: 20-30%
World Patients:
Sex Ratio: M; W2
Age Onset:
Brain Area: sleep apnea; hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis – releases cortisol;higher metabolic rates in PET brain scans; heritability
Symptoms: inability to fall or stay asleep; daytime sleepiness, low energy, depressed mood, dangerous lack fo concentration
Progression:
Causes: alcohol/benzodiazapine/opioid-induced; changes in sex hormones in elderly
Medications: not recommended for more than five weeks;
Therapies: sleep hygiene = consistent bedtime; quiet and dark room, and regular exercise. CBT; overnight sleep study
Youtube Video: Insomnia: when you’ve tried everything
and still can’t sleep.
Amazon or Library Book: the insomnia workbook
Click the book to link or order from Amazon.
Support Group: nami.org; 800-950-6264
(National Alliance on Mental Illness)
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
Clicking each title opens the
PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- Negative attention bias and attentional control as mechanisms in the association between insomnia and depression in young peopleby Isabel Clegg on May 18, 2024
Evidence supports a causal role of insomnia in the development and maintenance of depression, yet mechanisms underlying this association in young people are not well established. Attention biases have been implicated separately in the sleep and depression fields and represents an important candidate mechanism. Poor sleep may lead to a negative attention bias (characteristic of depression) by impacting attentional control. This study assessed the hypothesis that attentional control and negative...
- Effectiveness of mobile applications in improving insomnia symptoms among adults from multi-community: A systematic review and meta-analysisby Songee Jung on May 18, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: A small body of evidence supports the use of CBT-based sleep applications to improve insomnia symptoms among adults from multi-community.
- Characteristics of patients consulted for suspected Lyme neuroborreliosis in an endemic areaby Hélène Frahier on May 18, 2024
CONCLUSION: More than one quarter of patients consulted for suspected LNB had non-neurologic symptoms, whether or not they have a LNB. Concerning patients with isolated intrathecal synthesis, the question of presence of sequelae with a spontaneously cured disease or an active Lyme borreliosis requiring antibiotic remain.
- Longitudinal association of health behaviors and health-related quality of life with military spouse readinessby Nida H Corry on May 18, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: The results show spouse health behaviors are directly and indirectly (through HRQOL) associated with readiness indicators. This suggests that assessments of modifiable health behaviors (e.g., insomnia symptoms) and mental and physical HRQOL are important indicators of readiness among military spouses and should be used to inform future programs designed to improve population health.