Anxiety and insomnia: case report on the importance of treatment focus on sleep quality

• Autor(a) principal: Neves Junior , Alan das
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Souza, José Carlos Rosa Pires de, Peixoto, Clayton
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v10i16.23441
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/23441
• topic: Transtorno de Ansiedade Generalizada; Distúrbio do Sono; Insônia; Higiene do sono.; Trastorno de ansiedad generalizada; Desorden del sueño; Insomnio; Higiene del sueño.; Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Sleep Disorder; Insomnia; Sleep hygiene.

Introduction: anxiety disorders can be related to sleep disorders as etiological factors or complications; the purpose of this report was to discuss the case of a patient with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and insomnia, who had an improvement in her anxious symptoms with the treatment of insomnia. Her treatment focus was on quality of sleep. Methodology: This is a 32-year-old woman with poor sleep hygiene habits, who was previously treated and who, although her anxiety symptoms improved, was unable to improve her sleep quality. After an intervention with Cognitive-behavioral Therapy, aimed at the treatment of insomnia, there was an improvement in both sleep quality and anxiety symptoms. Conclusion: This case points to the importance of caring for patients' sleep habits, even those whose primary complaint is another mental disorder.