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Article: Guidelines on way for treating sleep disorders.(Geriatric Psychiatry)
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- Clinical Psychiatry News
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Sleep should be viewed as a vital sign, and primary care physicians should address sleep disturbances routinely in all visits with older adults, Dr. Harrison G. Bloom said at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.
"Although there has been more than a decade of discussion about the prevalence and low detection rates of sleep problems, little has changed in primary care practice in recognition of sleep problems in the elderly," said Dr. Bloom of the International Longevity Center, New York.
A first draft of new guidelines for the assessment and treatment of sleep disorders in older people should be ready for ...