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Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is a therapy technique for treating insomnia without (or alongside) medications. CBT-I aims to improve sleep habits and behaviors by identifying and changing thoughts and behaviors that prevent a person from sleeping well.
Sleep hygiene is a behavioral and environmental practice [2] developed in the late 1970s as a method to help people with mild to moderate insomnia. [2] Clinicians assess the sleep hygiene of people with insomnia and other conditions, such as depression, and offer recommendations based on the assessment.
Athens insomnia scale Sleep induction: 0: No problem: 1: Slightly delayed: 2: Markedly delayed: 3: Very delayed or did not sleep at all Awakenings during the night: 0: No problem: 1: Minor problem: 2: Considerable problem: 3: Serious problem or did not sleep at all Final awakening: 0: Not earlier: 1: A little earlier: 2: Markedly earlier
Between 10% and 30% of adults have insomnia at any given point in time and up to half of people have insomnia in a given year, making it the most common sleep disorder. [ 9 ] [ 8 ] [ 10 ] [ 207 ] About 6% of people have insomnia that is not due to another problem and lasts for more than a month. [ 9 ]
Periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) is a sleep disorder where the patient moves limbs involuntarily and periodically during sleep, and has symptoms or problems related to the movement.
Serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) are a class of antidepressant medications used to treat major depressive disorder (MDD), anxiety disorders, social phobia, chronic neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), and menopausal symptoms.