Understanding Patient Responses to Insomnia

Abstract

To better gain insight into patient responses to insomnia, we take a medical anthropologically informed approach to patient beliefs and behaviors, particularly those related to self-diagnosis, management, help-seeking, and self-treatment of insomnia. We conducted 24 in-depth qualitative interviews in which participants were asked their beliefs about the origin of their insomnia, its anticipated course, their evaluation of symptoms, their responses, and their expectations surrounding...