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The future of behavioral sleep medicine
Wilfred R Pigeon1, Valerie McLaughlin Crabtree, Michael R Scherer
1Sleep & Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, 300 Crittenden Blvd. Rochester, NY 14642, USA. Wilfred_Pigeon@urmc.roschester.edu
Abstract:
Behavioral Sleep Medicine is a relatively new discipline with roots in Behavioral Medicine and a specific focus on behavioral aspects of Sleep Medicine. While cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia is most closely identified with Behavioral Sleep Medicine, the discipline and its practitioners offer a wider array of interventions for pediatric and adult sleep disorders. Despite the existence of these evidenced-based behavioral strategies for the major sleep disorders, it is the exception, rather than the norm, when behavioral sleep medicine is fully integrated into a sleep medicine practice. A brief history of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, challenges to achieving greater integration, progress made to date, and suggestions for the immediate future are presented.
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