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Clinical Handbook of Insomnia

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Inadequate sleep hygiene is an insomnia associated with daily living activities that are inconsistent with the maintenance of sleep and daytime alertness. Not everyone who practices poor sleep hygiene develops insomnia. In patient’s suffering from chronic insomnia there is a complex interplay of internal factors and poor sleep hygiene behaviors. Diagnosis is made by history and treatment is based on education.

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  1. Departments of Neurology and Medicine, Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, USA

    Hrayr Attarian MD

  2. Loyola University Sleep Center, Maywood, IL, USA

    Hrayr Attarian MD

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  1. Department of Neurology and Medicine, Loyola University of Chicago, South First Ave. 2160, Maywood, 60153, USA

    Hrayr P. Attarian

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    Catherine Schuman

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Attarian, H. (2010). Sleep Hygiene. In: Attarian, H., Schuman, C. (eds) Clinical Handbook of Insomnia. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-042-7_14

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