Treatment of chronic insomnia disorder in menopause: Evaluation of literature

Menopause

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 674-684

  Attarian, Hrayr ^a   Hachul, Helena ^b   Guttuso, Thomas ^c   Phillips, Barbara ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot flashes; Insomnia; Menopause; Night sweats; Treatment; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; ESCITALOPRAM; ESZOPICLONE; GABAPENTIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; KAMPO; MIRTAZAPINE; RAMELTEON; VALERIAN; ZOLPIDEM; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INSOMNIA; MASSAGE; MENOPAUSE; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; YOGA; COMORBIDITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MASSAGE; PHYTOTHERAPY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; YOGA;

EID: 84930485314     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000348     Document Type: Review

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