Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

[The painful light--portraits of awakeness and melancholy by painter Edward Hopper]

6 Oct 2009 Depression was a recurrent phenomenon in the life of the American painter Edward Hopper (1882-1967). He is known as one of the artists who portrays modern melancholy most convincingly. The article uses his original artwork to reflect upon sleep, ... Read more...

[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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Lost in transmission--FDA drug information that never reaches clinicians. 19 Oct 2009
• [The painful light--portraits of awakeness and melancholy by painter Edward Hopper] 6 Oct 2009
• [Symptom patterns in chronic sleep disorders] 6 Oct 2009
• [Sleep disorders in the elderly] 6 Oct 2009
• Drug-use pattern of Chinese herbal medicines in insomnia: a 4-year survey in Taiwan. 29 Sep 2009
• [Zero hour--the poet Dorothy Parker and insomnia] 22 Sep 2009
• [Painful diabetic polyneuropathy: preventing the vicious circle of pain, anxiety and sleep disorders] 8 Sep 2009
• [During sleep the brain becomes a building site] 8 Sep 2009
• [Taxi driver--film portrait of the insomniac] 8 Sep 2009
• [Insomnia] 8 Sep 2009
• Characterization of novel selective H1-antihistamines for clinical evaluation in the treatment of insomnia. 8 Sep 2009
• [Depression in the elderly] 7 Sep 2009
• Cognitive behavioral therapy alone and with medication for persistent insomnia. 7 Sep 2009
• Cognitive behavioral therapy alone and with medication for persistent insomnia. 7 Sep 2009
• Prevalence, natural course, and risk factors of insomnia comorbid with cancer over a 2-month period. 6 Sep 2009
• Emerging drugs for insomnia: new frontiers for old and novel targets. 30 Aug 2009
• Acute onset insomnia associated with the initiation of raltegravir: a report of two cases and literature review. 30 Aug 2009
• Is poor sleep in veterans a function of post-traumatic stress disorder? 30 Aug 2009
• Many lose sleep due to economic issues. 30 Aug 2009
• Treatment of insomnia in post--traumatic stress disorder. 30 Aug 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