How Cognitive Behavioral Therapy “Cured” My Insomnia
After trying seemingly every conceivable method to treat her insomnia, Leslie Stephens in Shape shares how cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) finally worked for her.
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Video-Conference CBT-I May Be an Accessible Solution for Your Insomnia Patients
New research suggests that cognitive behavioral therapy delivered live over telemedicine works as...
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Online Insomnia Treatment SHUTi Also Reduces Depression
An online program used to treat insomnia can also significantly reduce anxiety and depression with...
Digital CBT-I App First to Be Available to CVS Caremark Clients Via New Vendor Benefit Management
CVS Health had launched Vendor Benefit Management, a service developed to help CVS Caremark pharmacy benefit management (PBM) clients more easily contract, implement, and manage their choice of available and emerging third-party...
Read MoreStudy Compares Different Strategies for Treating Insomnia
New research indicates that for treating insomnia, stimulus control therapy (which reassociates the bed with sleepiness instead of arousal) and sleep restriction therapy are effective, and it is best to use them individually...
Read MoreTelemedicine As Effective As Face-to-face Delivery of CBT-I
Preliminary findings from two analyses of an ongoing study suggest that cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) delivered by telemedicine is as effective as face-to-face delivery. Results of a randomized controlled...
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In Menopause, Cognitive Behavior Therapy Effective in Managing Sleep Disturbances
Although hormone therapy (HT) is the most commonly recommended treatment for menopause symptoms,...
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New Evidence Supports Screening Neurology Patients for Sleep Disorders
Cleveland Clinic researchers study links between seizure frequency and insomnia severity. By Lisa...
Read MoreCognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Effective for Patients With Schizophrenia
Up to 80% of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia have a concurrent insomnia disorder. New research shows that cognitive behavioral therapy significantly reduces insomnia in patients with schizophrenia. In this nonrandomized,...
Read MoreHow I Finally Started Sleeping Again
A patient regains sleep via cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, reports WebMD. I was very pleased to learn that there are methods to help with insomnia, and that I didn’t have to continue to try new medications that...
Read MoreProfessional Psych Seminars Launches Online CBT-I Training Course
Private nonprofit Professional Psych Seminar is offering a new online course entitled Helping Patients Sleep: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia. The complete-at-your-own-pace course is presented by Jennifer Martin, PhD,...
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The Sleep Doctor in Your Pocket
How smartphone apps are changing behavioral sleep medicine. By Lisa Spear If your patients have...
Read MoreThe Complex Relationship Between Insomnia and Mood Disorders
Karl Doghramji, MD, finds it fascinating that insomnia usually occurs prior to the emergence of major depressive disorder, reports Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Learning Network. When insomnia occurs with a comorbid...
Read MoreCognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
Cognitive behavioral therapy is the first line treatment for chronic insomnia that you may have never considered, reports U.S. News and World Report. And although the treatment isn’t new, there’s growing recognition of a...
Read MoreNew Insights Into How to Prevent Failures in Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have experimented with a new adaptive treatment strategy for Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that identifies patients within the first month who face a major...
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The Doctor Is Online: Joseph Krainin, MD, FAASM
Sleep physician Joseph Krainin, MD, FAASM, founded virtual sleep center Singular Sleep, where...
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Prisoners with Insomnia Sleep Better After One-hour CBT-I Session
Three-quarters of prisoners struggling to sleep have reported major improvements to their sleep...
Read MoreE-Therapy May Help Ease Insomnia
New research shows that patients with insomnia who receive a digitized version of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as part of their treatment may find more symptom relief than those who only receive advice to improve their...
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