TY - JOUR
T1 - Treatment of insomnia, insomnia symptoms, and obstructive sleep apnea during and after menopause
T2 - Therapeutic approaches
AU - Tal, Joshua Z.
AU - Suh, Sooyeon A.
AU - Dowdle, Claire L.
AU - Nowakowski, Sara
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Bentham Science Publishers.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Understanding sleep complaints among menopausal women is an emerging area of clinical and research interest. Several recent reviews have focused on mechanisms of menopausal insomnia and symptoms. In this review, we present a discussion on the most relevant and recent publications on the treatment of sleep disorders for menopausal women, with a focus on menopause-related insomnia, insomnia symptoms, and obstructive sleep apnea. We discuss both nonpharmacological and pharmacological treatments, including cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), complementary and alternative medicine, hormone replacement therapy, sedative hypnotics, antidepressants, and continuous positive airway pressure. In addition, we briefly discuss methods and considerations of assessment of sleep disorders in menopausal women.
AB - Understanding sleep complaints among menopausal women is an emerging area of clinical and research interest. Several recent reviews have focused on mechanisms of menopausal insomnia and symptoms. In this review, we present a discussion on the most relevant and recent publications on the treatment of sleep disorders for menopausal women, with a focus on menopause-related insomnia, insomnia symptoms, and obstructive sleep apnea. We discuss both nonpharmacological and pharmacological treatments, including cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), complementary and alternative medicine, hormone replacement therapy, sedative hypnotics, antidepressants, and continuous positive airway pressure. In addition, we briefly discuss methods and considerations of assessment of sleep disorders in menopausal women.
KW - Complementary and alternative medicine
KW - Insomnia
KW - Insomnia symptoms
KW - Menopause
KW - Obstructive sleep apnea
KW - Pharmacology
KW - Sleep disorders
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U2 - 10.2174/1573400510666140929194848
DO - 10.2174/1573400510666140929194848
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84924089198
SN - 1573-4005
VL - 11
SP - 63
EP - 83
JO - Current Psychiatry Reviews
JF - Current Psychiatry Reviews
IS - 1
ER -