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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Effective For Treating Chronic Insomnia Without Side-Effects
Study in Annals of Internal Medicine Most Thorough to Date Review of Data
On Cognitive Behavioral Therapy's Effectiveness in Treating Condition
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In the most thorough review of the data to date researchers are finding that cognitive
behavioral therapy(CBT) can be an effective way to treat chronic insomnia without the use of
drugs.
The study on CBT, published in Annals of Internal Medicine, was found to help patients enter
sleep about 20 minutes faster, reduce the amount of time spent awake after falling asleep by
nearly 30 minutes, and improve sleep efficiency by almost 10 percent.
Pharmacological approaches to treating insomnia are associated with negative side-effects.
Study authors say that a psychological approach is safer, better tolerated, and teaches skills
that can be maintained over time.
Cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia is an established package of care which includes
several components designed to change a patient’s thoughts and activities around sleep and
their sleep environment.
The therapy includes components that help a patient deal with the way they think about sleep,
stimulus control so a patient avoids non- sleep activities in the bedroom, sleep restriction so
that they only stay in bed to match the perceived sleep duration, sleep hygiene such as
avoiding caffeine and alcohol before sleep, and relaxation techniques to help facilitate sleep
Researchers reviewed 20 published randomized controlled trials assessing the efficacy of
face-to-face, multi-component cognitive behavior therapy on overnight sleep in adults with
chronic insomnia.
Researchers note this is the most rigorous review ever done on cognitive behavior therapy for
chronic insomnia. They feel the research validates the use of cognitive behavioral therapy for
insomnia as the first line in the treatment in the treatment for insomnia because improvements
are sustained over time without the drawbacks that come with medications.
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Suggested lead: If you think you’ve tried everything for insomnia, think again. Medical
researchers say this can help people with chronic insomnia get a good night’s sleep, without
drugs and without side effects.
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(1) Announcer: Chronic insomnia affects up to 15
percent of adults and is associated with health
issues such as anxiety, depression and type 2
diabetes. New research published in Annals of
Internal Medicine finds that cognitive behavior
therapy can improve sleep without the use of
drugs.
Dr. James Trauer
Study Author
(2) Dr. James Trauer: Cognitive behavioral
therapy for insomnia includes up to five
components that aim to improve patients’ sleep by
changing their attitudes and their behaviors
around sleep. It works because it gets to the core
of the problem which is frustration with time spent
awake in bed.
(3) Announcer: Study authors say that a
psychological approach to treating insomnia is
safer, better tolerated, and teaches skills that can
be maintained over time, rather than
pharmacological approaches which are
associated with negative side-effects.
(4) Dr. James Trauer: We found that cognitive
behavioral therapy for insomnia decreases the
length of time that patients take to get off to sleep
by about twenty minutes. It decreases the amount
of time they spend awake in bed after they’ve
gone off to sleep by nearly half an hour. And it
improves the proportion of time that they spend
asleep when they're in bed by about ten percent.
(5) Announcer: Researchers reviewed 20
published randomized controlled trials assessing
the efficacy of face-to-face, multi-component
cognitive behavior therapy on overnight sleep in
adults with chronic insomnia.
(6) Dr. James Trauer: We think that our study is
one of the most rigorous studies reviewing the
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effectiveness of what's now an established
package of care.
(7) Announcer: Cognitive behavior therapy for
chronic insomnia is an attractive option because
of patient dissatisfaction with currently available
treatments and a perceived lack of effective
alternatives.
(8) Dr. James Trauer: I'm often surprised by how
many different treatments patients have tried.
From herbal supplements to internet resources to
medications without ever having tried cognitive
behavioral therapy for insomnia. It’s a lot of hard
work but it does produce benefits.
(9) Announcer: For more information go to
annals.org.
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:30 Version:
(1) Announcer: Chronic insomnia affects up to 15
percent of adults and is associated with health
issues such as anxiety, depression and type 2
diabetes. New research published in Annals of
Internal Medicine finds that cognitive behavior
therapy can improve sleep without the use of
drugs.
(2) Dr. James Trauer: Cognitive behavioral
therapy for insomnia includes up to five
components that aim to improve patients’ sleep by
changing their attitudes and their behaviors
around sleep. It works because it gets to the core
of the problem which is frustration with time spent
awake in bed.
(3) Announcer: For more information go to
annals.org.
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Dr. James Trauer
Study Author
Well, I think our study really validates the use of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia as
the first line in the treatment in the treatment for insomnia because improvements are
sustained over time without the drawbacks that come with medications.
Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia includes cognitive therapies which aim to change
patients’ thoughts about sleep. Stimulus control which emphasizes that patients should get
out of bed if they're awake in bed for extended periods of time. Sleep restriction which aims to
better match the amount of time spent in bed to the amount of sleep the patients think that
they’re getting. And any form of relaxation therapy that the patient finds is effective. Lastly,
sleep hygiene aims to improve general behaviors around sleep.
We found that cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia decreases the length of time that
patients take to get off to sleep by about twenty minutes. It decreases the amount of time they
spend awake in bed after they’ve gone off to sleep by nearly half an hour. And it improves the
proportion of time that they spend asleep when they're in bed by about ten percent.
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publisher of Annals of Internal Medicine.
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