title: Maintenance treatment of insomnia: what can we learn from the depression literature?
abstract: Insomnia and depression are common problems with profound public health consequences. When left untreated, both conditions have high rates of persistence and recurrence. Maintenance treatment for depression is fairly well established, but there is no evidence-based consensus regarding the safety and efficacy of maintenance therapy for insomnia. Consequently, long-term treatment of insomnia is driven primarily by the individual choices of patients and their clinicians. This article compares and contrasts the current state of research in the maintenance therapy of depression and insomnia and highlights gaps in the insomnia literature.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Intervention Research Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA. jindalr@msc.upmc.edu
authors.forename: Ripu D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Jindal
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Buysse
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Thase
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000145:classification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D001569:Benzodiazepines