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Insomnia means a complaint of sleep loss. Between 13% and 32% of surveyed populations
suffer frequent insomnia, 1–3 and 7%–10% of the population use sleeping pills. 4, 5 Alcohol …

Despite the fact that the prevalence rate for insomnia in the United States is high (35.2%),
the number of patients with this condition do not represent a large percentage of patients …

Insomnia is characterized by problems initiating and maintaining sleep—problems that often
go unrecognized by psychotherapists as well as physicians. This article addresses central …

Disturbed sleep is a common problem particularly among depressed patients. Diagnostic
and treatment considerations are reviewed for two of the more common insomnia problems …

Psychiatrists are quite familiar with insomnia. It has been estimated that 35% to 40% of
patients with insomnia have one or more comorbid psychiatric diagnoses, with affective …

Insomnia is a commonly encountered condition in clinical practice. The prevalence of self-
reported poor sleep increases with age and is more common in women. There are clear …

Insomnia is a disorder characterized by chronic sleep disturbance associated with daytime
disability or distress, such as memory impairment and fatigue, that occurs despite adequate …

A growing number of people are concerned about their sleep in the United States. There are
an estimated 40 million US citizens with chronic sleep disorders. The cost to society of sleep …

INSOMNIA is the most common sleep problem. Like other common conditions, it results from
many causes and varies widely in severity and duration from patient to patient. The recent …