ArticleBrain sciences2020
Acute and Chronic Insomnia: What Has Time and/or Hyperarousal Got to Do with It?
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Risks Associated With Benzodiazepine Long-Term Use in Chronic Insomnia: A Systematic Review and (Network) Meta-Analysis.Journal of sleep research · 2026Pooled it
- The longitudinal association between the use of antihypertensive medications and 24-hour sleep in nursing homes: results from the randomized controlled COSMOS trial.BMC geriatrics · 2021Trial
- Sleep hygiene and sleep control mediate the relationship between cognitive fusion and insomnia severity.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2026Article
- Ayurveda Treatments for Insomnia: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Subjective-Device-Estimated Sleep Discrepancies in Late-Life Depression: Agreement and Associated Factors.Alpha psychiatry · 2026Article
- Thermoregulation in Sleep Disorders-Comprehensive Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Optimizing Benzodiazepine Use for Chronic Insomnia: Insights from a Delphi Expert Consensus Study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2026Article
- Pharmacological modulation of hyperarousal in insomnia associated with major depressive disorder: a narrative review of sedating antidepressants and orexin receptor antagonists.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Insomnia severity and its association with gaming behavior and perceived health in autistic adults.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- "No rest for me tonight": A social-ecological exploration of insomnia in rural Appalachian women.Sleep health · 2025Article
- The Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Sleep in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Hyperarousal features in the sleep architecture of individuals with and without insomnia.Journal of sleep research · 2025Article
- Mechanism of Sour Jujube Kernel-five-flavour Berry in the Treatment of Insomnia based on Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking.Current pharmaceutical design · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Insomnia Severity Index among South African first responders: evidence from classical test theory, Rasch, and Mokken analyses.Frontiers in sleep · 2025Article
- Cortical excitability and brain function in patients with insomnia: a pilot transcranial magnetic stimulation and functional near-infrared spectroscopy study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- The Cyclical Battle of Insomnia and Mental Health Impairment in Firefighters: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Exploring the mechanism of agarwood moxa smoke in treating sleep disorders based on GC-MS and network pharmacology.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- The psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Pre-sleep Arousal Scale.Sleep and biological rhythms · 2024Article
- Activation of GABA type A receptor is involved in the anti-insomnia effect of Huanglian Wendan Decoction.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Microglia and Sleep Disorders.Advances in neurobiology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Nearly one-third of the population reports new onset or acute insomnia in a given year. Similarly, it is estimated that approximately 10% of the population endorses sleep initiation and maintenance problems consistent with diagnostic criteria for chronic insomnia. For decades, acute and chronic insomnia have been considered variations of the same condition or disorder, only really differentiated in terms of chronicity of symptoms (days/weeks versus months). Whether or not acute and chronic insomnia are part of the same phenomena is an important question, one that has yet to be empirically evaluated. The goal of the present theoretical review was to summarize the definitions of acute and chronic insomnia and discuss the role that hyperarousal may have in explaining how the pathophysiology of acute and chronic insomnia is likely different (i.e., what biopsychological factors precipitate and/or perpetuate acute insomnia, chronic insomnia, or both?).
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