title: [Treatment of insomnia].
abstract: Insomnia is not frequently a disease and is rather to be considered as a symptom or a physiological signal. Consequently, its treatment should tend to be etiological. If a pharmacological sleep inducing intervention proves necessary, it has to be included within a more general synchronizing approach. Resynchronizing techniques lie on chronophysiology i.e. rhythms hygiena, control of sleep schedules, sleep restriction. Other non-pharmacological approaches include behaviorism, paradoxical injunctions, relaxation, psychotherapies. Prescription of hypnotics (benzodiazepine or non-benzodiazepine drugs) is sometimes necessary and must be submitted to certain rules including indications, contra-indications, length of treatment, specific withdrawal techniques.
authors.affiliation: Unité clinique de psychiatrie biologique, Centre hospitalier spécialisé Le Vinatier, Lyon-Bron.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lemoine
mesh_terms: D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D062787:Drug Overdose; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D001569:Benzodiazepines