TY - JOUR
AU - Drake, Christopher
AB - EDITORIAL Defining Insomnia: The Role of Quantitative Criteria Comment on Lineberger MD; Carney CE; Edinger JD et al. Defining insomnia: quantitative criteria for insomnia severity and frequency. SLEEP 2006;29(4): 479-485. Thomas Roth, PhD; Christopher Drake, PhD Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Center, Detroit, MI THE STUDY BY LINEBERGER ET AL AND OTHER SIMI- ly reduced in insomniacs and is comparable with other chronic 2-4 13,14 LAR STUDIES ADDRESS A CRITICAL ISSUE IN OUR medical conditions. In parallel with morbidity findings in in- UNDERSTANDING AND TREATMENT OF INSOMNIA. Spe- somnia, there are data on more effective treatment. Recent work cifically, this paper aims to define the most sensitive and specific in the area of cognitive behavioral therapy has demonstrated that frequency and severity criteria needed for a diagnosis of insom- there are less complex, but still efficacious, behavioral treatments nia. To accomplish this task, these investigators used a 2-week that make cognitive behavioral therapy of insomnia more avail- 15,16 sleep diary probing a variety of quantitative sleep endpoints (e.g., able to a broader range of patients. In terms of pharmacologic sleep latency, total sleep time, wake after sleep onset) in a group management of insomnia, recent research has witnessed the de- 
TI - Defining Insomnia: The Role of Quantitative Criteria
JO - SLEEP
DO - 10.1093/sleep/29.4.424
DA - 2006-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/defining-insomnia-the-role-of-quantitative-criteria-43d9kWCW7S
SP - 424
EP - 425
VL - 29
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -