Journal of Sleep Disorders: Treatment and CareISSN: 2325-9639

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Yun-Lin Tsai Author

Subjects of specialization
Psychiatry, Mental Health , Depressive disorders

Affiliation
Department of psychiatry, Tsaotun Psychiatric Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Nantou, Taiwan

Biography

Yun-Lin Tsai is currently working in Department of psychiatry,Tsaotun Psychiatric Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Nantou, Taiwan. He recently published his articles in Journal of Sleep Disorders: Treatment and Care. He reviewed many scientific papers. His research interests reflect in his wide range of publications in various national and international journals.
 


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Qualitative Study of Long-Term Sedative-Hypnotic use Patterns

Author(s):

Chang-Wei Chen , Chien-Ming Yang ,Yaw- Sheng Lin and Yun-Lin Tsai

Hypnotics are the most common choice of treatment for insomnia. Clinically, high proportion of hypnotic users is long-term user. However, studies showed disagreements over the effectiveness and safety of long-term use of hypnotics. Adopting the methods of the grounded theory, this research has conducted a series of in-depth interviews in order to understand the psychological experience and to construct a behavioral theory of the long-term hypnotics users. Twenty-two long-term users of hypnotics have been interviewed with well-trained interviewer. This research has found that long-term hypnotic users could be divided into three pattern groups: “transitional modality”, “contradictory control”, and “inertia balance”. It is an... view moreĀ»

DOI: 10.4172/2325-9639.1000184

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