Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - Chemically induced
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Antidepressants and sleep: a review.

29 Jun 2009 PURPOSE. Insomnia is one of the most common symptoms seen in both primary and psychiatric care. Sleep hypnotics and benzodiazepines are the drugs of choice for insomnia but are not appropriate for all patients. CONCLUSION. The sedating tricyclics, ... Read more...

The influence of priming and pre-existing knowledge of chemotherapy-associated cognitive complaints on the reporting of such complaints in breast cancer patients.

30 May 2009 OBJECTIVE: Many cancer patients report cognitive changes following chemotherapy. In social psychology, there is ample evidence that psychological and physical complaints can increase with increased accessibility of relevant schemata. The ... Read more...

Lack of efficacy of citalopram in children with autism spectrum disorders and high levels of repetitive behavior: citalopram ineffective in children with autism.

30 May 2009 CONTEXT: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are widely prescribed for children with autism spectrum disorders. OBJECTIVES: To determine the efficacy and safety of citalopram hydrobromide therapy for repetitive behavior in children with autism ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - Chemically induced'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Acute onset insomnia associated with the initiation of raltegravir: a report of two cases and literature review. 30 Aug 2009
• Antidepressants and sleep: a review. 29 Jun 2009
• The influence of priming and pre-existing knowledge of chemotherapy-associated cognitive complaints on the reporting of such complaints in breast cancer patients. 30 May 2009
• Lack of efficacy of citalopram in children with autism spectrum disorders and high levels of repetitive behavior: citalopram ineffective in children with autism. 30 May 2009
• Characterisation of the effects of caffeine on sleep in the rat: a potential model of sleep disruption. 22 Apr 2009
• Effects on sleep stages and microarchitecture of caffeine and its combination with zolpidem or trazodone in healthy volunteers. 5 Apr 2009
• Triple-combination pharmacotherapy for medically ill smokers: a randomized trial. 5 Apr 2009
• [Investigation of glucocorticoid-induced side effects in patients with autoimmune diseases] 30 Mar 2009
• Chinese slimming capsules containing sibutramine sold over the Internet: a case series. 25 Mar 2009
• Quetiapine for tamoxifen-induced insomnia in women with breast cancer. 27 Feb 2009
• Imported fenproporex-based diet pills from Brazil: a report of two cases. 27 Feb 2009
• Cardiovascular and neurological adverse events associated with antidepressant treatment in children and adolescents. 27 Feb 2009
• A non-randomized study to investigate the effects of the atypical antipsychotic aripiprazole on the steady-state pharmacokinetics of lamotrigine in patients with bipolar I disorder. 27 Feb 2009
• Potentiating effect of diltiazem on pentobarbital-induced hypnosis is augmented by serotonergic system: the TMN and VLPO as key elements in the pathway. 5 Feb 2009
• Toxicant exposure and mental health--individual, social, and public health considerations. 29 Jan 2009
• Letter to the editor: Comment on 'Acute impact of immediate release methylphenidate administered three times a day on sleep in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder'. 30 Dec 2008
• Absence of a relation between efavirenz plasma concentrations and toxicity-driven efavirenz discontinuations in the EuroSIDA study. 30 Dec 2008
• Beneficial acute antidepressant effects of aripiprazole as an adjunctive treatment or monotherapy in bipolar patients unresponsive to mood stabilizers: results from a 16-week open-label trial. 29 Nov 2008
• Insomnia, night terror, and depression related to clonidine in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. 29 Nov 2008
• Efficacy and tolerability of aripiprazole augmentation in sertraline-resistant patients with borderline personality disorder. 7 Oct 2008

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Technical information about 'Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders'

Definition: 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.

Descriptor UI: D007319

Alternative terms: Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; Disorders of Initiating and Maintaining Sleep; DIMS (Disorders of Initiating and Maintaining Sleep); Early Awakening; Awakening, Early; Nonorganic Insomnia; Insomnia, Nonorganic; Primary Insomnia; Insomnia, Primary; Transient Insomnia; Insomnia, Transient; Rebound Insomnia; Insomnia, Rebound; Secondary Insomnia; Insomnia, Secondary; Sleep Initiation Dysfunction; Dysfunction, Sleep Initiation; Dysfunctions, Sleep Initiation; Sleep Initiation Dysfunctions; Sleeplessness; Insomnia Disorder; Insomnia Disorders; Insomnia; Insomnias; Chronic Insomnia; Insomnia, Chronic; Psychophysiological Insomnia; Insomnia, Psychophysiological;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.886.425.800.800; F03.870.400.800.800;

History Note: 2000(1966)

Technical Notes: do not confuse with SLEEP DEPRIVATION, being deprived of sleep or prevented from sleeping; usually chronic so do not coord with CHRONIC DISEASE