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The dia­gno­stic cri­te­ria for insom­nia dis­or­der, accor­ding to the Dia­gno­stic and Sta­tis­ti­cal Manu­al of Men­tal Dis­or­ders, Fifth Edi­ti­on (DSM‑5) and the Inter­na­tio­nal Clas­si­fi­ca­ti­on of Dise­a­ses, 11th Revi­si­on (ICD-11), are as fol­lows:

A. A pre­do­mi­nant com­plaint of dis­sa­tis­fac­tion with sleep quan­ti­ty or qua­li­ty, asso­cia­ted with one or more of the fol­lo­wing sym­ptoms:

1. Dif­fi­cul­ty fal­ling asleep

2. Dif­fi­cul­ty main­tai­ning sleep, cha­rac­te­ri­zed by fre­quent awa­ke­nings or pro­blems retur­ning to sleep after awa­ke­nings

3. Ear­ly mor­ning awa­ke­ning with ina­bi­li­ty to return to sleep

B. The sleep distur­ban­ce cau­ses cli­ni­cal­ly signi­fi­cant distress or impair­ment in social, occu­pa­tio­nal, edu­ca­tio­nal, or other important are­as of func­tio­ning.

C. The sleep dif­fi­cul­ty occurs at least seve­ral nights per week.

D. The sleep dif­fi­cul­ty has been pre­sent for at least 3 months.

E. The sleep dif­fi­cul­ty occurs despi­te ade­qua­te oppor­tu­ni­ty to sleep.

F. The insom­nia is not bet­ter explai­ned by and does not occur exclu­si­ve­ly during the cour­se of ano­ther sleep-wake dis­or­der.

G. The insom­nia is not attri­bu­ta­ble to the phy­sio­lo­gi­cal effects of a sub­stance (e.g., a drug or medi­ca­ti­on).

H. Coexi­sting men­tal and phy­si­cal dis­or­ders do not ade­qua­te­ly explain the insom­nia.