[Effectiveness of different methods of treating sleep disorders according to electropolygraphic findings].

The authors report of an electropolygraphical study of 111 patients with different forms of neurotical sleep disorders. For therapeutical purposes different pharmacological methods (Ca cyclobarbital, eunoctin, elenium, difenisid) and psychotherapeutical (hypnosuggestion, autogenic training) treatment was used. The achieved data permit to conclude that there is an increased activity of the awakening and activizing systems in patients with neurotic disorders of sleep. A decrease of the activating changes evoked under the influence of pharmacological and psychotherapeutical methods is accompanied by an improvement of the objective indices and as a rule correlates with a subjective personal feeling of sleep by the patient. The authors studied the optimal conditions for using different methods of treatment and based their principles for a differentiated therapy of different disorders of sleep in neuroses.