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Prescription Sedative-Hypnotics Are Associated With a 5-fold Suicide Risk

1 week ago

A recent 2026 study examined the pattern of sedative-hypnotic prescriptions associated with the risk of suicidal behavior among older adults with and without insomnia. The study included 8319 suicide cases…

Sleep and Cognitive Performance

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1 month ago

A recent study assessed the relationship between sleep and cognitive performance in over 20,000 middle and older-age adults in China and the United Kingdom who were tracked for 20 years…

Is Amitriptyline (Elavil) Effective for Insomnia?

Sleeping Pills

2 months ago

Low-dose amitriptyline (AM) is an off-label treatment in patients with insomnia. A recent randomized controlled trial demonstrated that AM is non-inferior to CBT-I in improving insomnia after 12 weeks. However, more…

Deep Sleep and Dream Sleep Decrease in Older Adults

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2 months ago

A recent study examined age-related EEG sleep stage alterations in normal subjects whose sleep had been recorded for the first time 40 years ago. For their recent follow-up EEG sleep…

BZDs (benzodiazepines) and BZRAs (benzodiazepine receptor agonists) Disrupt EEG Sleep Quality

Sleeping Pills

3 months ago

Insomnia in older adults is associated with widespread benzodiazepine (BZD) and benzodiazepine receptor agonist use (BZRA) such as Ambien despite evidence that chronic use of these sleep medications disrupts sleep…

No Association Between Sleep and Risk of Dementia

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4 months ago

A new study examined the relationship between sleep and risk of dementia in 4700 participants with a mean age of 74 years who were followed for 5-19 years for development…

Sleep Patterns Vary by Week, Season, and Geography

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5 months ago

Sleep patterns vary due to a range of factors, including work commitments, family responsibilities, and environmental influences. In a large global sample, sleep researchers recently found large weekday and seasonal…

Online CBT-I Improves Sleep and Reduces Anxiety and Depression.

CBT-I Efficacy

6 months ago

A recent randomized controlled trial investigated the effectiveness of online CBT-I in a sample of 290 participants with chronic insomnia who were randomized to CBT-I or a control condition. Online…

CBT-I Improves Sleep Pressure as Measured by Stage 2 sleep K-complexes

CBT-I Efficacy

7 months ago

K-complexes are a distinct brain wave pattern in Stage 2 sleep that indicate the brain is losing awareness of the external environment as it descends into deep sleep and dream…

Napping In Insomnia Patients Undergoing CBT-I

CBT-I Efficacy

11 months ago

CBT-I is the gold standard treatment for chronic insomnia, and there is clear evidence that short recuperative naps increase alertness and reduce fatigue. However, there is a lack of consensus…