Definition
Chronic insomnia
Persistent difficulty falling or staying asleep. Colin cites 800 million people worldwide, mostly untreated, though global prevalence estimates vary widely by definition.
From the episode “Chronic Insomnia: Almost None Get Treated — Colin Lawlor on the Sleep Data Gap”Hear it on the podcast1 episode
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