Sleep Disorders

An expert in sleep medicine comments on approaching screening patients for insomnia or other sleep disorders in the primary care setting.

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An overview of the different roles of health care professionals in the management of female patients suffering from insomnia.

An overview of the impact insomnia can have on female patient’s quality of life and how they communicate sleep disturbance concerns with health care professionals.

A longitudinal study showed that there were higher levels of alcohol and cannabis use in late adolescent stages who had poor sleep health.

Dr Paul Doghramji shares insight on reasons for the underdiagnosis of insomnia and the importance of treating sleep disorders concurrently with comorbidities.

Paul Doghramji, MD, FAAFP, provides an overview of the prevalence of sleep disorders, including insomnia, in the primary care setting.

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A neurology expert describes why women experience insomnia at higher rates than men and how co-occurrence of insomnia with other medical conditions, including psychiatric disorders, can affect occurrence.

Charlene Gamadelo, MD, provides an overview of insomnia and discusses the prevalence by race and gender, the variations in presentation of symptoms in patients, and the pathways involved in sleep wakefulness cycles.

Drs C. Michael Gibson, Ashgan A. Elshinawy, and Nathaniel F. Watson share resources for the treatment of sleep disorders.

Nathaniel F. Watson, MD, leads a discussion on gaps in care and unmet needs for patients and healthcare professionals in the area of sleep disorders.

Experts in sleep medicine share emerging treatments in the pipeline for the management of sleep disorders.

Fan Nils Yang, PhD, postdoctoral researcher, University of Maryland, provides greater detail on the observational cohort study he did with colleagues, where they identified a link between neurocognitive function in children and insomnia.

Drs C. Michael Gibson, Ashgan A. Elshinawy, and Nathaniel F. Watson examine setting treatment expectations with patients and treatment adherence for sleep disorders.

Ashgan A. Elshinawy, DO, shares her approach to treatment selection of DORAs and switching therapies for the management of sleep disorders.

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Nathaniel F. Watson, MD, highlights the use of daridorexant for treating patients with insomnia as seen from phase 3 trials and data presented at the World Sleep 2022 meeting and managing adverse events.