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Sophia Oliver1, Kelly Dombek1, Anne E Milner1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of California, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.

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Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) faces access barriers due to comorbidity, provider shortages, and structural issues. Emerging approaches like digital and stepped care models show promise for improving scalability and equitable access to insomnia treatment.

Keywords:
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  • Sleep Medicine
  • Behavioral Science
  • Health Services Research

Background:

  • Insomnia disorder is a common sleep-wake disorder causing significant daytime impairment.
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is the established first-line treatment.
  • Recent efforts focus on making CBT-I more accessible and scalable.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Identify key challenges hindering equitable access to insomnia interventions.
  • Examine emerging strategies to overcome these access barriers.
  • Promote wider adoption of evidence-based insomnia treatments.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of challenges in insomnia intervention delivery.
  • Analysis of emerging approaches for improving access and scalability.
  • Synthesis of evidence on transdiagnostic, digital, and stepped care models.

Main Results:

  • Key barriers include high comorbidity, limited real-world testing, provider shortages, and structural funding issues.
  • Promising solutions include transdiagnostic approaches, implementation strategies, non-specialist providers, brief interventions, and digital/stepped care models.
  • These strategies aim to enhance scalability and address practical limitations.

Conclusions:

  • Addressing practical and structural barriers is crucial for equitable access to insomnia interventions.
  • Research prioritizing real-world application is essential to bridge the evidence-practice gap.
  • Improving access to effective insomnia treatments requires a focus on scalability and implementation.