Drugs for insomnia beyond benzodiazepines: pharmacology, clinical applications, and discovery

T Atkin, S Comai, G Gobbi - Pharmacological reviews, 2018 - ASPET
Although the GABAergic benzodiazepines (BZDs) and Z-drugs (zolpidem, zopiclone, and
zaleplon) are FDA-approved for insomnia disorders with a strong evidence base, they have …

Paradoxical insomnia and subjective–objective sleep discrepancy: A review

L Rezaie, AD Fobian, WV McCall, H Khazaie - Sleep medicine reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Paradoxical insomnia is characterized by discrepancy between subjective and objective
assessments of sleep and is challenging to diagnosis and treat. Typically …

The paradox of paradoxical insomnia: a theoretical review towards a unifying evidence-based definition

A Castelnovo, R Ferri, NM Punjabi, V Castronovo… - Sleep medicine …, 2019 - Elsevier
Paradoxical insomnia is one of the most intriguing yet challenging subtypes of insomnia.
Despite being recognized for a long time by the international community, it is still unclear …

Insomnia treatment in the third trimester of pregnancy reduces postpartum depression symptoms: a randomized clinical trial

H Khazaie, MR Ghadami, DC Knight, F Emamian… - Psychiatry …, 2013 - Elsevier
Mental health is an important medical issue in perinatal care, and there is increasing
evidence that insomnia during pregnancy is associated with postpartum depression (PPD) …

Long-term and short-term effects of insomnia in cancer and effective interventions

MP Davis, HW Goforth - The Cancer Journal, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Sleep disorders and insomnia are more prevalent in patients with cancer than in the normal
population. Sleep disorders consist of delayed sleep latency, waking episodes after sleep …

Clinical application of actigraphy in psychotic disorders: a systematic review

M Tahmasian, H Khazaie, S Golshani, KT Avis - Current psychiatry reports, 2013 - Springer
Actigraphy has become increasingly recognized as a useful method to study sleep/wake
patterns and activity monitoring. It is a reliable tool for confirming a diagnosis and evaluating …

[HTML][HTML] Exploration of the experience of living with chronic insomnia: a qualitative study

L Rezaie, H Khazaie, F Yazdani - Sleep Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Chronic insomnia is associated with consequential experience that may affect
quality of life. Understanding such experience can be helpful in planning effective …

[HTML][HTML] PTSD-related paradoxical insomnia: an actigraphic study among veterans with chronic PTSD

MR Ghadami, B Khaledi-Paveh, M Nasouri… - Journal of injury and …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Sleep disturbance is a common self-reported complaint by PTSD patients.
However, there are controversies in documenting objective indices of disrupted sleep in …

A weight-independent association between atypical antipsychotic medications and obstructive sleep apnea

H Khazaie, A Sharafkhaneh, S Khazaie… - Sleep and …, 2018 - Springer
Background With increasing use of atypical antipsychotic (AAP) agents, the concern has
been raised about the association between AAP agents and medical complications …

[HTML][HTML] Sleep disturbances in patients with persistent delusions: prevalence, clinical associations, and therapeutic strategies

A González-Rodríguez, J Labad, MV Seeman - Clocks & Sleep, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sleep disturbances accompany almost all mental illnesses, either because sound sleep and
mental well-being share similar requisites, or because mental problems lead to sleep …