Psychiatric aspects of late-life insomnia

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-45

  Moller, Henry J ^a   Barbera, Joseph ^a   Kayumov, Leonid ^a   Shapiro, Colin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Antidepressants; Circadian rhythms; Dementia; Depression; Gerontology; Hypnotics; Insomnia; Senescence; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LONG TERM CARE; MOOD DISORDER; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOMATICS; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 1542359061     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-0792(03)00022-4     Document Type: Review

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