Management of patients with insomnia (sleeplessness) in therapist’s outpatient practice
Abstract. The article considers the main aspects of diagnostics and treatment of insomnia, relevant for practicing physicians. Insomnia, being one of the most common sleep disorders, significantly affects life quality of patients with diseases of internal organs, many manifestations of which in themselves contribute to the chronification and aggravation of insomnia disorder, forming a vicious circle. Important aspects of managing patients with insomnia are timely diagnostics, correction of behavioral factors, and use of affordable and safe sleeping remedies. These measures help prevent the transformation of acute insomnia into a chronic form and improve the prognosis for life quality of patients having therapeutic pathology.Spektor E.D., Poluektov M.G.
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About the Authors
Ekaterina D. Spektor, MD, PhD (Medicine), neurologist at S.S. Yudin City Clinical Hospital of the Department of Healthcare of Moscow. Address: 115446, Moscow, 4 Kolomensky Drive.E-mail: ekaterina.d.spektor@mail.ru
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Mikhail G. Poluektov, MD, PhD (Medicine), associate professor, associate professor of the Department of nervous diseases of N.V. Sklifosovsky Institute of Clinical Medicine, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia (Sechenov University). Address: 119435, Moscow, 11/1 Rossolimo St.
E-mail: poluektov_m_g@staff.sechenov.ru
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