Sleeping Pills: An Update While sleeping pills have been around for a long time, the modern age of hypnotics began December 16, 1992, when the FDA approved Ambien ...
Sleep Naturally: Melatonin & Valerian Any of you who choose to do an informal survey of your patients will be surprised how many are taking a non-prescribed sleeping ...
Treatment of Insomnia in Anxiety Disorders Insomnia is highly prevalent in psychiatric disorders, and it has significant implications. This review focuses on insomnia in the context of anxiety disorders.
To Sleep, Perchance to Reset Your Body Clock Not long ago, I was consulted on the case of an 11-year-old boy with bipolar disorder who was not able to go to sleep before 1 am. The problem did not seem to stem from ongoing symptoms of bipolar disorder. I did not have the benefit of detailed information about the boy’s endogenous circadian rhythms, but I thought a phase-resetting intervention might be helpful.
