While insomnia is the second most common mental disorder, progress in our understanding
of underlying neurobiological mechanisms has been limited. The present review addresses …

Introduction: The purpose of this systematic review is to provide supporting evidence for a
clinical practice guideline on the use of actigraphy. Methods: The American Academy of …

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society recently released a
Consensus Statement regarding the recommended amount of sleep to promote optimal …

The ineffectiveness of sleep hygiene as a treatment in clinical sleep medicine has raised
some interesting questions. If it is known that, individually, each specific component of sleep …

Good sleep is essential to good health. Yet for most of its history, sleep medicine has
focused on the definition, identification, and treatment of sleep problems. Sleep health is a …

Chronic insomnia is defined by difficulties in falling asleep, maintaining sleep, and early
morning awakening, and is coupled with daytime consequences such as fatigue, attention …

Cognitive performance has been extensively investigated in relation to insomnia, yet review
of the literature reveals discrepant findings. The current study aimed to synthesize this …

Features of an individual's sleep/wake patterns across multiple days are governed by two
dimensions, the mean and the intraindividual variability (IIV). The existing literature focuses …

Until recently, the association of chronic insomnia with significant medical morbidity was not
established and its diagnosis was based solely on subjective complaints. We present …

Activity-based sleep-wake monitoring or actigraphy has gained a central role as a sleep
assessment tool in sleep medicine. It is used for sleep assessment in clinical sleep research …