[Delayed sleep phase type sleep disorder and chronotherapy]
Authors: Gökben Hizli F, Yücel Ağargün M
Delayed sleep phase type sleep disorder is a circadian rhythm disorder that results in symptoms of sleep-onset insomnia and difficulty awakening at a desired time. Patients with delayed sleep phase-type sleep disorder can be treated with chronotherapy, light therapy, vitamin B12, or melatonin. Chronotherapy is a behavioral technique in which sleep time is systematically delayed. Herein we report a 48-year-old woman that presented with delayed sleep onset and describe chronotherapy as a treatment approach.
PMID: 19504369 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Turkish Journal of Psychiatry)
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