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Epidemiology of Insomnia

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Clinical Handbook of Insomnia

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Insomnia is the most common sleep-related complaint and the second most common overall complaint (after pain) reported in primary care settings (1).

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Attarian, H.P. (2004). Epidemiology of Insomnia. In: Attarian, H.P. (eds) Clinical Handbook of Insomnia. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-662-1_2

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