Sleep & Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, USA.
Indian J Med Res. 2010 Feb;131:321-32.
Insomnia is a highly prevalent sleep disorder that frequently occurs in its acute form and occurs at a rate of approximately 10 per cent in its chronic form in many countries. There is a high prevalence of insomnia in a variety of medical and psychiatric conditions for which insomnia often serves as a risk factor. The aetiology and pathophysiology of insomnia is such that several factors may predispose individuals for or precipitate and/or perpetuate the condition. Both sedative-hypnotic and cognitivebehavioural interventions exist for insomnia and each type of intervention have substantial levels of empirical support for their efficacy.
失眠是一种非常普遍的睡眠障碍,在许多国家,它通常以急性形式出现,其慢性形式的发病率约为 10%。在许多医学和精神疾病中,失眠的发病率都很高,而失眠通常是这些疾病的一个风险因素。失眠的病因和病理生理学表明,有几个因素可能使个体易患失眠或使其恶化和/或持续存在。目前针对失眠症,存在镇静催眠和认知行为干预两种疗法,每一种疗法都有大量的实证支持其疗效。