Psychiatric News June 17, 2005
Volume 40 Number 12
© 2005 American Psychiatric Association
p. 22
NIH Sleep Center Promotes Psychiatric Research
Neuropsychiatric disorders in children, psychiatric disorders, and
substance use disorders rank fifth through seventh place, respectively, on the
priority list of the National Sleep Disorders Research Plan, Carl Hunt, M.D.,
director of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research (NCSDR), Bethesda,
Md., told attendees at the National Sleep Foundation forum.
Top priorities detailed in the plan, issued in 2003, include research on
sleep duration, the basic science of sleep and waking, altered sleep and
chronic disease, and sleep and aging.
Housed in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NCSDR advocates
for sleep research, coordinates sleep programs in the NIH's 12 institutes and
centers, and works with other federal agencies and public organizations.
Researchers in sleep and biological rhythms generated grants of about $202
million in the NIH's $28.65 billion 2005 Fiscal budget.
The National Institute of Mental Health is the lead institute for a
state-of-the-science consensus conference, Manifestations and Management of
Chronic Insomnia in Adults, held June 13 to 15 at the NIH, Hunt said.
Panelists reviewed the definition, diagnosis, and consequences of chronic
insomnia and explored treatments and evidence for their safety and
efficacy.
The Institute of Medicine has launched a yearlong study of the public
health significance of sleep health, sleep loss, and sleep disorders and needs
for research, education, and training in sleep medicine (see
page 21).
The NCSDR plan is posted online at
<www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/sleep/res_plan/sleep-rplan.pdf>.
Information about the June conference is posted at
<http://consensus.nih.gov/ta/026/InsomniaIntro.html>.
Related Article:
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Insomnia Shows Strong Link To Psychiatric Disorders
- Lynne Lamberg
Psychiatr News 2005 40: 21.
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