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Nonhormonal Treatments for Insomnia

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Insomnia is a common and growing complaint; 54% of adults report experiencing at least one symptom of insomnia a few nights a week, and 33% of adults report experiencing at least one symptom every night, according to the National Sleep Foundation’s 2005 Sleep in America poll (1) Of those adults experiencing at least one symptom of insomnia a few nights a week, women comprise 57%, whereas men comprise 51% (1), although women are 1.5 times more likely than men to experience insomnia when using full diagnostic criteria (2.)

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  1. Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Vermont College of Medicine and Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT

    Catherine C. Schuman PhD

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    Hrayr P. Attarian MD

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Schuman, C.C. (2006). Nonhormonal Treatments for Insomnia. In: Attarian, H.P. (eds) Sleep Disorders in Women. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-115-4_9

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