Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
Can you name an important part of good sleep hygiene? The use of which short-acting sedative-hypnotics to treat sleep disturbances in patients is associated with Alzheimer disease? These questions and more.
Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
Parents of children with ADHD frequently ask whether there are nonmedication treatments that are effective for managing their children’s symptoms of ADHD. A recent meta-analysis provides an answer to this clinically important question.
What is sleep normally and what are the primary factors that regulate sleep? Understanding that the primary factors that regulate the sleep wake cycle are homeostatic and circadian will help clinicians assess sleep problems in patients.
July 09, 2012
| Sleep Disorders,
ADHD,
Bipolar Disorder,
Geriatric Psychiatry,
Cultural Psychiatry,
Mood Disorders,
Sleep Wake Transition,
Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders,
Addiction,
AmnesiaMelatonin has a role in psychiatric illness and the treatment of circadian rhythm sleep disorders, insomnia, and comorbid depressive disorders.
June 13, 2012
| ADHD,
Sleep Disorders,
Comorbidity In Psychiatry,
Attention Deficit Disorders,
Sleep Bruxism,
Sleep Deprivation,
Sleep Wake Transition,
Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders,
Addiction,
Amphetamine Related DisordersSleep changes associated with psychotropic drugs are common enough to justify routinely obtaining a baseline sleep diary before beginning treatment, even when the initial screening for sleep disorders indicates that no further investigation is needed.
This discussion focuses on approaches to improve medication adherence, particularly in reference to helping adolescents remain on recommended psychopharmacological regimens when transitioning from acute to long-term maintenance.
Recently our inpatient psychiatric unit moved into a brand new facility. In the months and weeks preceding “the move,” there was much preparation and nervous energy. We had been preparing our patients and ourselves for this day. “
Can you name an important part of good sleep hygiene? The use of which short-acting sedative-hypnotics to treat sleep disturbances in patients is associated with Alzheimer disease? These questions and more.
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What is sleep normally and what are the primary factors that regulate sleep? Understanding that the primary factors that regulate the sleep wake cycle are homeostatic and circadian will help clinicians assess sleep problems in patients.
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