Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder in the industrialized world, with one third
of adults reporting occasional insomnia symptoms (difficulties initiating sleep, maintaining
sleep, waking too early, or poor quality sleep), and more than 1 in 10 reporting chronic
difficulties that produce daytime consequences [
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]. When chronic, insomnia is associated with wide-ranging adverse daytime outcomes,
including decreased quality of life, increased risk for psychiatric disturbances,
increased work absenteeism, and poor interpersonal functioning. Despite its significant
economic and personal burden, several reports suggest that insomnia is underrecognized,
underdiagnosed, and undertreated [
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This work was supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R21 AA014408 to JT Arnedt).
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