title: Treatment of Insomnia, Insomnia Symptoms, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea During and After Menopause: Therapeutic Approaches.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA 94305 ; Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA 94304.
authors.forename: Joshua Z
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Tal
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA 94305 ; Korea University Ansan Medical Center, Institute of Human Genomic Study, Ansan, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sooyeon A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA 94305 ; PGSP -Stanford Psy. D. Consortium, Palo Alto, CA 94304.
authors.forename: Claire L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Dowdle
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA 94305 ; University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Galveston, TX 77555.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nowakowski
keywords: complementary and alternative medicine; insomnia; insomnia symptoms; menopause; obstructive sleep apnea; pharmacology; sleep disorders