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ArticleWorld psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)2019

The assessment and management of insomnia: an update.

Andrew D Krystal, Aric A Prather, Liza H Ashbrook

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Article in World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 113 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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113citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
14.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

113 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 236 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew D KrystalDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Aric A PratherDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Liza H AshbrookDepartment of Neurology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.
University of San Francisco · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insomnia poses significant challenges to public health. It is a common condition associated with marked impairment in function and quality of life, psychiatric and physical morbidity, and accidents. As such, it is important that effective treatment is provided in clinical practice. To this end, this paper reviews critical aspects of the assessment of insomnia and the available treatment options. These options include both non-medication treatments, most notably cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, and a variety of pharmacologic therapies such as benzodiazepines, "z-drugs", melatonin receptor agonists, selective histamine H1 antagonists, orexin antagonists, antidepressants, antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, and non-selective antihistamines. A review of the available research indicates that rigorous double-blind, randomized, controlled trials are lacking for some of the most commonly administered insomnia therapies. However, there are an array of interventions which have been demonstrated to have therapeutic effects in insomnia in trials with the above features, and whose risk/benefit profiles have been well characterized. These interventions can form the basis for systematic, evidence-based treatment of insomnia in clinical practice. We review this evidence base and highlight areas where more studies are needed, with the aim of providing a resource for improving the clinical management of the many patients with insomnia.

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anticonvulsantsantidepressantsantihistaminesantipsychoticsbenzodiazepinescognitive behavioral therapyInsomniamelatonin receptor agonistsorexin antagonistspharmacotherapyz-drugs

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PMID31496087
PMCPMC6732697
OpenAlexW2972437192

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