Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

"Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Disorders characterized by impairment of the ability to initiate or maintain sleep. This may occur as a primary disorder or in association with another medical or psychiatric condition.

Descriptor ID	D007319
MeSH Number(s)	C10.886.425.800.800 F03.870.400.800.800
Concept/Terms	Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders Disorders of Initiating and Maintaining Sleep DIMS (Disorders of Initiating and Maintaining Sleep) Early Awakening Early Awakening Awakening, Early Nonorganic Insomnia Nonorganic Insomnia Insomnia, Nonorganic Primary Insomnia Primary Insomnia Insomnia, Primary Transient Insomnia Transient Insomnia Insomnia, Transient Rebound Insomnia Rebound Insomnia Insomnia, Rebound Secondary Insomnia Secondary Insomnia Insomnia, Secondary Sleep Initiation Dysfunction Sleep Initiation Dysfunction Dysfunction, Sleep Initiation Dysfunctions, Sleep Initiation Sleep Initiation Dysfunctions Sleeplessness Sleeplessness Insomnia Disorder Insomnia Disorders Insomnia Insomnias Chronic Insomnia Chronic Insomnia Insomnia, Chronic Psychophysiological Insomnia Psychophysiological Insomnia Insomnia, Psychophysiological

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders".

Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Sleep Wake Disorders [C10.886]
Dyssomnias [C10.886.425]
Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic [C10.886.425.800]
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders [C10.886.425.800.800]
Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Mental Disorders [F03]
Sleep Wake Disorders [F03.870]
Dyssomnias [F03.870.400]
Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic [F03.870.400.800]
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders [F03.870.400.800.800]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders".

Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Insomnia, Fatal Familial

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Bar chart showing 63 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	3	0	3
2005	1	0	1
2006	0	1	1
2007	2	0	2
2008	1	1	2
2010	0	1	1
2011	1	1	2
2012	2	0	2
2013	2	0	2
2014	3	1	4
2015	4	1	5
2016	3	2	5
2017	5	0	5
2018	4	2	6
2019	3	1	4
2021	2	1	3
2022	8	0	8
2023	2	0	2
2024	2	1	3
2025	2	0	2

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Short NA, Ellis RA, Pezza M, House SL, Beaudoin FL, An X, Clifford GD, Jovanovic T, Linnstaedt SD, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, Musey PI, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Jones CW, Punches BE, Hudak LA, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Pearson C, Peak DA, Merchant RC, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, O'Neil BJ, Sanchez LD, Bruce SE, Harte SE, Kessler RC, Koenen KC, Ressler KJ, McLean SA, Neylan TC. Pre-trauma insomnia and posttraumatic alcohol and cannabis use in the AURORA observational cohort study of trauma survivors. J Psychiatr Res. 2025 Sep; 189:415-423.

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Carlson J, Ross GW, Tyrrell C, Fiame B, Nunokawa C, Siriwardhana C, Schaper K. Infra-low frequency neurofeedback impact on post-concussive symptoms of headache, insomnia and attention disorder: Results of a randomized control trial. Explore (NY). 2025 Mar-Apr; 21(2):103137.

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Osei Baah F, Boateng ACO, Brownlow JA, So CJ, Miller KE, Gehrman P, Riegel B. Associations between neighborhood factors and insomnia and their spatial clustering in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sleep Health. 2025 Aug; 11(4):458-468.

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Trendowski MR, Ruterbusch JJ, Baird T, Kyko JM, Martin JL, Schwartz AG, Markey GE, Badr MS, Beebe-Dimmer JL. Sleep health and quality of life in the Detroit Research on Cancer Survivors cohort. J Cancer Surviv. 2025 Oct; 19(5):1525-1534.

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Fernandes SN, Zuckerman E, Miranda R, Baroni A. When Night Falls Fast: Sleep and Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescents and Young Adults. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2024 Mar; 47(1):273-286.

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Iwashita M, Tran A, Garcia M, Cashon J, Burbano D, Salgado V, Hasegawa M, Balmilero-Unciano R, Politan K, Wong M, Lee RWY, Yoshizawa M. Metabolic shift toward ketosis in asocial cavefish increases social-like affinity. BMC Biol. 2023 10 16; 21(1):219.

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Schmied EA, Jun HJ, Glassman LH, Pippard N, Walter KH. Investigating the effects of suicide exposure among a clinical sample of active duty service members. J Trauma Stress. 2023 04; 36(2):310-324.

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Geagea L, Ghanim? PM, El Hayek S, Kobeissy F, Tamim H, Elbejjani M, Talih F. Assessing cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in individuals with cannabis use disorder utilizing actigraphy and serum biomarkers: A pilot study. Sleep Med. 2022 12; 100:434-441.

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Poindexter M, Stokes A, Mellman TA. Neighborhood Stress Predicts Fear of Sleep Independently of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Behav Sleep Med. 2023 Mar-Apr; 21(2):185-192.

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Oswald LB, Morales-Cruz J, Eisel SL, Del Rio J, Hoogland AI, Ortiz-Rosado V, Soto-Lopez G, Rodriguez-Rivera E, Savard J, Castro E, Jim HSL, Gonzalez BD. Pilot randomized controlled trial of eHealth cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia among Spanish-speaking breast cancer survivors. J Behav Med. 2022 06; 45(3):503-508.

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