Overall, in all patients with MDD, sleep ultradian cycle number was positively associated with REMS percentage, REMS duration, and REMS/NREMS ratio and negatively associated with REM latency.
A new guideline from AAN offers recommendations on the use of behavioral, nutraceutical, and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for improving sleep disorders in children with ASD.
The stresses and sleep disturbances of shift work can lead to major mental health issues, as well as workplace challenges, including safety concerns and poor on-the-job performance.
There is an emerging view that sleep disorders are not merely symptoms of psychiatric conditions; instead there may be a complex, bidirectional relationship between psychiatric and sleep disorders.
Women with insomnia were more likely to report prior or current depression than women without insomnia in the study.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved updates to the prescribing information for Belsomra® (suvorexant; Merck) to include study findings for the treatment of insomnia in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer disease.
Individuals most at risk for neurobehavioral performance impairment during sleep deprivation can be accurately identified by a visual psychomotor vigilance task.
Approximately 20% of women experienced an increase in sleep issues during the presurgery period, although for the majority of women sleep trajectories were generally stable pre- and postsurgery.
Researchers explored habitual sleep, social jetlag, and day-to-day variations in sleep among youth with DSWPD compared with healthy controls.
In children with fragile X syndrome (FXS), Down syndrome (DS), and Williams syndrome (WS), disrupted sleep may adversely affect language development.
