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the page where the original article can be found. Cognitive Therapy Provides Insomnia ReliefAccording to a study conducted in the U.S., cognitive behavioral therapy can benefit people with chronic insomnia. The researchers who conducted the study studied data gathered from 115 patients between the ages of 14 and 81 who had chronic onset insomnia, sleep maintenence insomnia or both. These patients went through cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), which makes the person learn to identify thoughts and patterns that interfere with sleep. After this, around 50% and 60% of patients said that they experienced remission of the primary sleep difficulty they suffered from. The 64 patients that completed at least five of the treatment sessions improved significantly in all counts, including sleep efficiency, average nightly awakenings, total sleep time and average number of nights a week that they used sleep medication to get to sleep. Read the full article here: http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=101157 |
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