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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy is Effective for Insomnia

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

newstudy-graphic-66x60.jpgData continues to emerge about the public health and economic burden of insomnia. This data comes from increased health risks including increased utilization of health care and work domain deficits such as absenteeism and reduced productivity. The National Institutes of Health Consensus and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Practice Parameters have made the recommendation that cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) be the standard treatment for insomnia. CBT for insomnia is a brief, non-pharmacologic approach that is based on the science of sleep medicine, behavior change, and psychosocial theory. Further, in randomized controlled trials in which CBT is compared to medication, CBT has proven to be comparably effective, with more durable long-term maintenance of gains after treatment is discontinued.

 To read the entire article, click here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20451034

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All-male CBT workshops effective for men with insomnia

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

CBT has been successfully used to treat insomnia in both men and women, but according to a recent article men tend to seek treatment less often than women. Even when they consult their primary care providers, those providers are often unaware of CBT’s effectiveness and may have limited CBT resources to offer their patients.

To address this, researchers offered group CBT in the form of 1-day, all-male CBT workshops. The study ran six months, and drew 111 inquiries, some of them self-referred. The researchers noted that roughly half of the participants had not mentioned their insomnia to their primary care providers. In a six-week follow-up, the men “reported significant improvements in their sleep, as well as reductions in their depression.”

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Research Results: Having Trouble Sleeping? Experts Recommend CBT for Insomnia

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

 The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recently published updated guidelines for treating Insomnia and recommended Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) as an effective, evidence-based treatment. The Academy’s new guidelines are based on a large review of 37 sleep studies that examined the effectiveness of various treatments for 2,246 insomnia patients. This review showed that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), among other behavioral/psychological interventions, is an effective treatment for insomnia, and that sleep improvements last over time.

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