Sleep Medicine
News
Heavier Americans Feel Less Rested
Out Of The Pipeline
Doxepin for insomnia
Low-dose doxepin may relieve sleep maintenance insomnia and is not designated as a controlled substance
Evidence-Based Reviews
Treating insomnia across women’s life stages
Changes during menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause often impact sleep
Cases That Test Your Skills
Nighttime anxieties
Treating Mr. J’s obstructive sleep apnea controlled his panic attacks for 4 years. After a recent move, his anxiety has re-emerged. How would you...
Pearls
Bedtime battles: When patients act out their dreams
RBD patients are not conscious of movements until they wake and find themselves acting out a dream
Cases That Test Your Skills
The bedtime solution
Depressed and suicidal, Ms. W had not found relief after years of medication trials and electroconvulsive therapy. Then her psychiatrists tried a...
News
Screening for Restless Legs Syndrome Warranted in IBS
Evidence-Based Reviews
‘Night owls’: Reset the physiologic clock in delayed sleep phase disorder
Therapies can help adjust inherent ‘eveningness’ in drowsy young patients
Evidence-Based Reviews
Put your patients to sleep: Useful nondrug strategies for chronic insomnia
Sleep diaries and dispelling dysfunctional beliefs may be as effective as hypnotics.
Pearls
Sleep hygiene helps patients catch some ZZZs
A patient might only have to stop watching television in bed to get a good night’s sleep.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Curbing nocturnal binges in sleep-related eating disorder
Sleepwalking-like behavior is a frequently undiagnosed cause of patients’ obesity.