Detection of insomnia in primary care.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2001
Abstract
Insomnia is a widespread condition with diverse presentations. Detection and diagnosis of insomnia present a particular challenge to the primary care physician. Patients seldom identify their sleep habits as the source of the complaints for which they are seeking treatment. Insomnia may be the result of many different medical or psychiatric illnesses or the side effects of medications or legal or illegal recreational drugs. Insomnia has a serious impact on daily activities and can cause serious or fatal injuries. With ever-increasing competition with sleep from 24-hour television broadcasts from hundreds of channels and the Internet, as well as more traditional distractions of late-night movies, clubs, and bars, we have become a society that sleeps 25% less than our ancestors did a century ago. We have no evidence, however, that we require less sleep than they did. This article presents strategies for detecting and diagnosing insomnia.
Volume
62 Suppl 10
First Page
18
Last Page
26
ISSN
0160-6689
Published In/Presented At
Doghramji P. P. (2001). Detection of insomnia in primary care. The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 62 Suppl 10, 18–26.
PubMedID
11388586
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article