Sleep Medicine

Evidence-Based Reviews

‘Night owls’: Reset the physiologic clock in delayed sleep phase disorder

Author:

Robert R. Auger, MD

Therapies can help adjust inherent ‘eveningness’ in drowsy young patients

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Evidence-Based Reviews

Put your patients to sleep: Useful nondrug strategies for chronic insomnia

Author:

Philip M. Becker, MD

Sleep diaries and dispelling dysfunctional beliefs may be as effective as hypnotics.

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Pearls

Sleep hygiene helps patients catch some ZZZs

Author:

Imran S. Khawaja, MD

A patient might only have to stop watching television in bed to get a good night’s sleep.

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Evidence-Based Reviews

Curbing nocturnal binges in sleep-related eating disorder

Author:

Michael J. Howell, MD

Carlos Schenck, MD

Scott J. Crow, MD

Sleepwalking-like behavior is a frequently undiagnosed cause of patients’ obesity.

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Pearls

Help night shift workers get enough sleep

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Pearls

When sleep apnea mimics psychopathology

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Cases That Test Your Skills

Night terrors: a family affair

Author:

Lisa M. Cantor, MD

Roy H. Jacobson, MD

Robert M. Cantor, MD

Sleepwalking and nightmares have troubled Ms. J since childhood. Her “walks” have led to disrupted sleep, a fractured foot, and the threat of...

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