Current Clinical Practice of Insomnia.
10.12771/emj.2013.36.2.84
- Author:
Hee Yeon CHOI
1
;
Weon Jeong LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. psyweon@ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Behavior therapy;
Cognitive therapy;
Drug therapy;
Insomnia
- MeSH:
Behavior Therapy;
Cognitive Therapy;
Drug Therapy;
Quality of Life;
Relaxation;
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders*;
Sleep Wake Disorders
- From:The Ewha Medical Journal
2013;36(2):84-92
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Insomnia is one of the most common sleep disorders, which is leading to significant clinical distress and impairment of daytime functioning and decreasing quality of life. This article reviews the current clinical treatment options of insomnia. Non-pharmacological treatment including stimulus control, sleep restriction, cognitive therapy, relaxation training, and education of sleep hygiene should be considered first for treatment of insomnia. Psychological and behavioral interventions tend to have longer-lasting treatment benefits, while drugs show immediate improvement of sleep disturbance. In pharmacotherapy, benzodiazepine receptor agonist, melatonin receptor antagonist, and 'off-label' drugs to treat insomnia are reviewed.
