[Individual evolution of idiopathic insomnia].

Abstract

"When a patient comes to us with the complaint of insomnia, we have to consider 5 items: 1) the psychological structure; 2) the existence of sleep disorders in the family; 3) the antecendents of sleep disorders in the childhood; 4) the appearance (or reappearance several years later) of the insomnia; 5) the present situation. In our research, we have studied the evolution of a group of insomniacs, since the appearance of the symptom until the time when they came to our department. In order to define this evolution, we have compared these two successive situations, having choosen as criteria, the opposition existing between the motivation and problematic on the one hand, and the exterior constraints on the other hand."