Sleep Health
Why Sleep Consistency May Be More Important Than Duration
A new study highlights how sleep regularity, more than duration, significantly influences mortality risks from various health conditions.
Why One Sleepless Night May Actually Help Improve Depression
How’s this for an unexpected finding: lack of sleep from pulling an all-nighter may actually help alleviate depression.
Pimavanserin 34 mg at Bedtime for the Treatment of Insomnia in 6 Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Patients in this pilot study reported significantly improved sleep quality with pimavanserin.
Recent JCP Articles
Lemborexant and Daridorexant for the Treatment of Insomnia: An Indirect Comparison Using Number Needed to Treat, Number Needed to Harm, and Likelihood to Be Helped or Harmed
This study examined whether differences existed between lemborexant and daridorexant in number needed to treat (NNT), number needed to harm (NNH), and likelihood to be helped or harmed (LHH) in the treatment of insomnia.
Prescribing of Z-Drugs With and Without Opioid Coprescribing to Primary Care Patients in a Large Health Care System From 2019–2020
Coprescribing of nonbenzodiazepine sedative-hypnotics, or “Z-drugs,” with opioids was more common among older patients, although the odds of coprescription among patients overall decreased over the COVID-19 lockdown period.
The Effect of Lurasidone on Anxiety Symptoms in Patients With Bipolar Depression: A Post Hoc Analysis
Lurasidone was superior to placebo at reducing anxiety in bipolar depression. Change in anxiety symptoms was predicted by sleep disturbance at baseline.
Recent PCC Articles
Assessment of Sleep Among Lebanese University Medical Trainees During Clinical Years and Association With Shifts, Psychological Stress, and Fatigue
This study assessed the prevalence of sleep disturbance among medical trainees during their clinical years, as well as associations with night versus day shifts, psychological stress, and fatigue.
Use of Sleep Aids in Insomnia: The Role of Time Monitoring Behavior
Time monitoring behavior and the associated frustration it engenders may perpetuate a negative cycle of insomnia and sleep aid use
Sleep State Misperception in Frontotemporal Dementia
Clinicians should evaluate for paradoxical insomnia using an objective measure of sleep like actigraphy in patients with frontotemporal dementia, especially when the history is unreliable.
Front of Mind News
Study Illuminates the Dark Side of Light Overexposure on Mental Health
A study from Monash University finds that excessive light overexposure, especially at night, worsens psychological health.
The Weekly Mind Reader: COVID Takes an Emotional Toll on Hospital Staff
A new study Investigated the psychological stress of caring for COVID patients placed on hospital staff, particularly nurses.
The Weekly Mind Reader: Medical Trainees Need More Sleep
A new study proves what we already know -- medical trainees need more sleep.
How 'Sleep Spindles' May Help Regulate Anxiety in PTSD
Sleep spindles, a feature of stage 2 sleep, may help regulate anxiety in PTSD patients by enhancing sleep quality.
The Weekly Mind Reader: Insomnia and Time Watching
Watching time tick by while trying to get to sleep is a deeply frustrating experience for many people with insomnia.