Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - Diagnosis
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Monday, November 23, 2009

[Symptom patterns in chronic sleep disorders]

6 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Sleep disorders are classified into six main categories: insomnias, circadian rhythm disorders, sleep-related movement disorders, sleep-related breathing disorders, hypersomnias and parasomnias. The aim of this article is to shed light ... Read more...

[Sleep disorders in the elderly]

6 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Sleep disorders are common in the elderly, and may lead to substantially impaired quality of life. Many of these disorders are not diagnosed or treated. This article covers treatment options and characteristics of common sleep disorders ... Read more...

[Insomnia]

8 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Insomnia is the most prevalent sleep disorder. Chronic insomnia affects about 10% of the adult population. MATERIAL AND METHOD: This review is based on the authors' experience, as well as articles identified through non-systematic ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Symptom patterns in chronic sleep disorders] 6 Oct 2009
• [Sleep disorders in the elderly] 6 Oct 2009
• [Insomnia] 8 Sep 2009
• The effect of mood on sleep onset latency and REM sleep in interepisode bipolar disorder. 30 Jul 2009
• Longitudinal evaluation of sleep-disordered breathing and sleep symptoms with change in quality of life: the Sleep Heart Health Study (SHHS). 30 Jul 2009
• Anxiety and sleep problems: emerging concepts and theoretical treatment implications. 30 Jul 2009
• Falling asleep: the determinants of sleep latency. 22 Jul 2009
• Rumination predicts longer sleep onset latency after an acute psychosocial stressor. 19 Jul 2009
• Antidepressants and sleep: a review. 29 Jun 2009
• Review of disrupted sleep patterns in Smith-Magenis syndrome and normal melatonin secretion in a patient with an atypical interstitial 17p11.2 deletion. 29 Jun 2009
• Night eating syndrome presenting as anorexia in an athlete: case report and review. 29 Jun 2009
• Logging on for better sleep: RCT of the effectiveness of online treatment for insomnia. 30 May 2009
• Sleep disorders and their association with laboratory pain sensitivity in temporomandibular joint disorder. 30 May 2009
• Polysomnographic and health-related quality of life correlates of restless legs syndrome in the Sleep Heart Health Study. 30 May 2009
• Actigraphy in the assessment of insomnia: a quantitative approach. 30 May 2009
• Insomnia in older adults with generalized anxiety disorder. 30 May 2009
• A hard day's night: a longitudinal study on the relationships among job demands and job control, sleep quality and fatigue. 20 May 2009
• [Depressive and sleepless: caution of myocardial infarct risk. Secondary risk factors] 12 May 2009
• Epilepsy and the sleep-wake patterns found in Angelman syndrome. 10 May 2009
• Sleep disturbances in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. 9 May 2009

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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