title: [Sleep disorders in the aged and their treatment].
abstract: A shortening of sleep duration is going along with aging. Several somatic diseases and different psychiatric disorders, which increasingly occur in old people cause sleep disorders. Thus patients suffering from disturbed sleep must be examined carefully before treatment. Benzodiazepines and Clomethiazol are potent and save drugs for sleep disorders in the aged. Antidepressants and neuroleptics should be applicated only for sleep disorders caused by underlying psychiatric diseases.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Gerontopsychiatrie, Freien Universität Berlin, BRD.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Gertz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanowski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D002719:Chlormethiazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D002719:Chlormethiazole; D001569:Benzodiazepines
vernacular_title: Schlafstörungen im Alter und ihre Behandlung.