Weighted blankets may reduce sleep medication use in psychiatric patients
1. Prescription of a weighted blanket for sleep problems in patients with psychiatric disorders was shown to help reduce the use of sleep medications except for melatonin. 2. Decrease in the prescription of sleep medications was most often seen in younger patients, those with unipolar depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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