A 42-year-old man with chronic depression presents to his general practitioner with a long history of difficulty in sleeping at night, associated with early morning waking. His general practitioner had made the diagnosis of depression and referred him some years previously for cognitive behavioural therapy, but this had not resulted in significant improvement of his symptoms. His difficulty in sleeping is now interfering with his life quite significantly, so that he feels tired most of the day and is having difficulty holding down his job as an insurance clerk. The GP decides that he would benefit from taking temazepam at night; he prescribes him this, but says that he will only give it for a maximum of a month, as he does not want his patient to become addicted. Q.1) Is this the correct management ? Q.2) What would be a suitable alternative treatment ? #Tejin
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 07:06:42 +0000
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