Behavioral interventions for insomnia: Theory and practice
Insomnia is a general clinical term that refers to a difficulty in initiating or maintaining sleep. Insomnia is widely prevalent in the general population, especially in the elderly and in those with medical and psychiatric disorders. Hypnotic drug treatments of insomnia are effective but are associ...
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description | Insomnia is a general clinical term that refers to a difficulty in initiating or maintaining sleep. Insomnia is widely prevalent in the general population, especially in the elderly and in those with medical and psychiatric disorders. Hypnotic drug treatments of insomnia are effective but are associated with potential disadvantages. This article presents an overview of behavioral interventions for insomnia. Behavioral interventions for insomnia include relaxation training, stimulus control therapy, sleep restriction therapy, sleep hygiene, paradoxical intention therapy, cognitive restructuring, and other approaches. These are briefly explained. Research indicates that behavioral interventions are efficacious, effective, and likely cost-effective treatments for insomnia that yield reliable, robust, and long-term benefits in adults of all ages. Detailed guidance is provided for the practical management of patients with insomnia. |
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spelling | pubmed-35549702013-01-31 Behavioral interventions for insomnia: Theory and practice Sharma, Mahendra P. Andrade, Chittaranjan Indian J Psychiatry CME Insomnia is a general clinical term that refers to a difficulty in initiating or maintaining sleep. Insomnia is widely prevalent in the general population, especially in the elderly and in those with medical and psychiatric disorders. Hypnotic drug treatments of insomnia are effective but are associated with potential disadvantages. This article presents an overview of behavioral interventions for insomnia. Behavioral interventions for insomnia include relaxation training, stimulus control therapy, sleep restriction therapy, sleep hygiene, paradoxical intention therapy, cognitive restructuring, and other approaches. These are briefly explained. Research indicates that behavioral interventions are efficacious, effective, and likely cost-effective treatments for insomnia that yield reliable, robust, and long-term benefits in adults of all ages. Detailed guidance is provided for the practical management of patients with insomnia. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3554970/ /pubmed/23372241 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.104825 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | CME Sharma, Mahendra P. Andrade, Chittaranjan Behavioral interventions for insomnia: Theory and practice |
title | Behavioral interventions for insomnia: Theory and practice |
title_full | Behavioral interventions for insomnia: Theory and practice |
title_fullStr | Behavioral interventions for insomnia: Theory and practice |
title_full_unstemmed | Behavioral interventions for insomnia: Theory and practice |
title_short | Behavioral interventions for insomnia: Theory and practice |
title_sort | behavioral interventions for insomnia: theory and practice |
topic | CME |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554970/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23372241 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.104825 |
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