Resume

• 2009

  North Carolina State University

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  University of North Carolina

  North Carolina State University

  Postdoctoral Teaching Scholar

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  Program on Integrative Medicine

  University of North Carolina

• 2008

  UNC Institute on Aging

  Institute on Aging

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Funded by the National Institute on Aging

  Pre-doctoral Fellow

  Carolina Program in Health and Aging Research

  UNC Institute on Aging

• 2002

  UNC Chapel Hill Institute on Aging

  Institute on Aging

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Research Assistant

  UNC Chapel Hill Institute on Aging

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  Sociology

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• 1998

  Institute for Community Inclusion

  Institute for Community Inclusion

• 1995

  Bachelor of Science (BS)

  Psychology

  Wofford College

  Magna cum laude

• 1993

  Associate of Arts (AA)

  Young Harris College

  Summa cum laude

• Data Analysis

  University Teaching

  Research Design

  Quantitative Research

  Teaching

  Social Sciences

  Higher Education

  Qualitative Research

  Research

  Sociology

  The Medicalization of Sleeplessness: A Public Health Concern

  Catherine R. Zimmer

  Sleeplessness

  a universal condition with diverse causes

  may be increasingly diagnosed and treated (or medicalized) as insomnia. We examined the trend in sleeplessness complaints

  diagnoses

  and prescriptions of sedative hypnotics in physician office visits from 1993 to 2007. Consistent with the medicalization hypothesis

  sleeplessness complaints and insomnia diagnoses increased over time and were far outpaced by prescriptions for sedative hypnotics. Insomnia may be a public health concern

  but potential overtreatment with marginally effective

  expensive medications with nontrivial side effects raises definite population health concerns.\n\n\nRead More: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2010.300014

  The Medicalization of Sleeplessness: A Public Health Concern