Psychiatr. pro Praxi, 2009; 10(1): 26-30

Sleep disorders in geriatric psychiatry and their treatment

MUDr.  Richard Krombholz, MUDr. Hana Drástová, PhDr. Václav Červenka
Psychiatrická léčebna Bohnice, Praha

Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder in elderly. Sleep disorders go along with fysiological ageing and also with mental disorder in old age. Use of benzodiazepine and non-benzodiazepine medications is risky to patients with organic afection of CNS. Long term use of this medicaments is risky to beginning of toleration and abuses. Melatonin is a new hypnotic with a specific influences. Causing no risk for abuse or dependence. The autors of this work would like to share of own experinces with this substance.

Keywords: Key words: sleep disorders, hypnotics, melatonin.

Published: February 1, 2009  Show citation

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Krombholz R, Drástová H, Červenka V. Sleep disorders in geriatric psychiatry and their treatment. Psychiatr. praxi. 2009;10(1):26-30.
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