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Charles M Morin1,2, Simon Beaulieu-Bonneau1
1École de psychologie, université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
Abstract:
Cognitive-Behavioral approach to treating insomnia Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for insomnia is a brief and structured therapeutic intervention aimed at changing maladaptive sleep habits and unhelpful sleep-related beliefs and attitudes that perpetuate insomnia. The main therapeutic components include restriction of time spent in bed, stimulus control procedures, cognitive restructuring of beliefs and perceptions related to insomnia and its perceived consequences, and sleep hygiene education. Based upon a solid conceptual framework and supported by strong empirical evidence, CBT is now recognized and endorsed in clinical practice guidelines of medical and sleep societies as the first-line treatment for adults with chronic insomnia. Although it requires more time both from patients and clinicians, CBT produces clinically meaningful and more durable changes in sleep and associated insomnia symptoms than those obtained with medication treatment used singly.
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