Abstract: Insomnia is one of the most often complaints in the stroke patients and its incidence rate in the stroke patients is more higher than in general population.Insomnia can adversely affect the stroke patients' rehabilitation.Sedative hypnotics are still the most often used for insomnia after stroke currently.Furthermore,several studies have compared different pharmachotherapies and nonpharmachological treatments for insomnia after stroke.

Key words: stroke, insomnia, treatment, review