The Treatment of Insomnia (December)

Date of Issue: 12/01/2007 | Volume: 5 | Number: 12

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In This Issue

Article

Sleeping Pills, New and Old

Topics: Hypnotics

Clearly, sleeping pills work; the more relevant issue is whether there are any significant differences among them, and whether we should pony up 3 dollars per pill for the Maserati medications or just 3 cents per pill for perfectly adequate Civics.

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Article

Practice Tips: Four Questions to Evaluate Insomnia

Topics: Practice Tools and Tips

Four questions for a quick initial evaluation of insomnia.

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Article

Chloral Hydrate and Anna Nicole Smith

Topics: Hypnotics

On February 8, 2007 the model and actress Anna Nicole Smith was found dead in her hotel room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Florida.

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Expert QA

Practical Sleep Hygiene Tips

Topics: Hypnotics | Practice Tools and Tips

You wrote an excellent book on non-pharmacological approaches to insomnia, and I’d like to go over some of the techniques you suggested. What are some practical techniques that psychiatrists can use in the context of short visits with patients?

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