Insomnia in women: An overlooked epidemic?

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 205-213

  Soares, C N ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Women's Health Concerns Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Prevalence; Treatment; Women

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN; ESZOPICLONE; GABAPENTIN; INDIPLON; MELATONIN; MIRTAZAPINE; NICOTINE; OLANZAPINE; PHENYTOIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEX HORMONE; TEMAZEPAM; THEOPHYLLINE; THYROXINE; TRAZODONE; VALERIAN; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM;

AKATHISIA; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BREATHING DISORDER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOMANIA; INCREASED APPETITE; INSOMNIA; JET LAG; MANIA; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PAIN; PARASOMNIA; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REBOUND; RELAXATION TRAINING; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP THERAPY; SMOKING; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; STRESS; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 27744437826     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-005-0100-1     Document Type: Article

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