Difficulty in initiating or maintaining sleep. A term that is employed ubiquitously to indicate any and all gradations and types of sleep loss. Insomnia may be associated with any of a number of mental disorders. When the problem exists in the absence of another cause, it is considered a separately diagnosed Dyssomnia.Diagnostic criteria for 307.42 Primary Insomnia
(Warning!)A. The predominant complaint is difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, or non restorative sleep, for at least 1 month.
B. The sleep disturbance (or associated daytime fatigue) causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
C. The sleep disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of Narcolepsy, Breathing-Related Sleep Disorder, Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder, or a Parasomnia.
D. The disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of another mental disorder (e.g. Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, a Delirium).
E. The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g. a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition.
Based on the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition APA
Also: agrypnia, aypnia, conditioned, initial, middle , Insomnia Related to Another Mental Disorder terminal
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| Topic | AN INTRODUCTION TO DISSOCIATION / ASTHMA / AUTOMATIC WRITING / DERMATOLOGY / DISSOCIATION AND DEEPENING / DYSTONIA / ERYTHROPHOBIA / HALLUCINATIONS / HEADACHES / I.M.R. THERAPY / INSOMNIA / MEMORY SUBSTITUTION / NAIL BITING / PSEUDO-ORIENTATION IN TIME / PSYCHOGENIC INFERTILITY / REGRESSIONS / DIAGNOSTIC SCALE / SMOKING CESSATION / SMOKING CESSATION / SPECIFIC AGE REGRESSION / STAMMERING / SUGGESTED AMNESIA / TAKING A CASE HISTORY / OBSTETRICS
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| Topic | CBT / COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
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| Topic | HYPNOSIS TRIALS 1976 - 1998
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| Topic | HYPNOSIS TRIALS 1976 - 1998
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| Topic | HYPNOSIS TRIALS 1976 - 1998
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| Topic | HYPNOSIS TRIALS 1976 - 1998
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| Topic | HYPNOTHERAPY RESEARCH MISC
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| Topic | HYPNOTHERAPY RESEARCH MISC
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| Topic | INSOMNIA
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| Topic | INSOMNIA MISC
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The online Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders lists most of the major psychological disorders and illnesses and lists the criteria that must be fulfilled in order for a diagnosis to be made. This resource is not a substitute for proper professional psychiatric diagnosis.
