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CBT-I Reduces Insomnia and Improves Sleep Quality During Pregnancy

1 day ago

Insomnia and sleep problems are common in pregnancy. A recent study examined the efficacy of CBT-I in pregnancy. A randomized controlled trial evaluated CBT-I (n = 32) compared to a treatment…

Factors Predicting Insomnia Remission After Digital (online) CBT-I

CBT-I Efficacy

4 months ago

Digital CBT-I (D-CBT-I) has been shown to be as efficacious as face-to-face CBT-I. However, not all patients achieve insomnia remission after D-CBT-I. A recent study explored the factors influencing the…

Insomnia Patients are Fatigued But Not Sleepy

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5 months ago

Insomnia patients often report fatigue and sleepiness as daytime consequences of insomnia. A recent study investigated subjective daytime fatigue and sleepiness in insomnia patients. The study sample of 105 healthy…

Risk/Benefit Analysis of Five Classes of Sleep Medications

Sleeping Pills

6 months ago

A study published in the Journal of Sleep Research examined the safety and efficacy (e.g., risk–benefit ratio) for five classes of prescription hypnotic medications approved by the FDA for insomnia.…

Sleep Duration and Mortality Risk Sex Differences

Sleep Duration and Health

9 months ago

A previous meta-analysis assessing the relationship between sleep duration and health found significantly increased mortality for ≥ 9 hours of sleep, and increased cancer mortality for ≥ 9 hours of sleep. In a new…

Use of BZD-Z Drugs for Insomnia In Older Adults

Sleeping Pills

10 months ago

Although multiple insomnia treatment practice guidelines recommend that benzodiazepines (BZD) and benzodiazepine receptor agonist “Z” drugs such as Ambien/zolpidem (Z) be prescribed at the lowest dose for 2–4 weeks, a surprising…

Psychedelics are a Revolutionary Treatment for Depression.

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1 year ago

Many insomnia patients have major depression that is resistant to treatment. Fortunately, recent studies from psychedelic medicine research centers at Johns Hopkins, Duke, NYU, UCLA, Michigan, Harvard, and Berkeley have…

New Evidence-Based Insomnia Treatment Guidelines

CBT-I Efficacy, Sleeping Pills

1 year ago

Updated guidelines for the treatment of insomnia have recently been established by the European Sleep Society, the largest sleep research society in the world. These clinical guidelines are based on…

Online CBT-I is Effective in Real World, Regular Care Patients

CBT-I Efficacy

1 year ago

Although digital (online) CBT-I has been shown in numerous studies to be effective for insomnia, few of these studies have focused on real-world study samples that reflect people in regular…

No association between insomnia and dementia risk in a large population-based study with 11-year follow-up

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2 years ago

Although disturbed sleep has been proposed as a possible risk factor for dementia, disturbed sleep is not included in the 12 health- and lifestyle-related risk factors for dementia since disturbed…