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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)

What is Insomnia?

  • Difficulty initiating sleep, maintaining sleep, or waking up too early with one or more of the following present at least 3 times a week for 3 months…
    • Poor sleep occurs despite adequate opportunity
    • Is associated with daytime impairment or distress
    • Is associated with psychiatric and medical morbidity.
    • Predicts suicide, the development of PTSD after trauma, depression, substance abuse, and anxiety disorders.
    • Predicts poorer treatment outcomes and residual insomnia is associated with relapse.

CBT-I vs Hypnotic Medications

  • Efficacy is equivalent to medications
  • Longer lasting effects
  • No drug side effects or drug to drug interactions
  • Cost-Effective

American College of Physicians Clinical Guidelines

  • Insomnia is a major healthcare problem and should be a focus of treatment
  • CBT-I should be the 1st treatment of choice for insomnia before pharmacotherapy.

CBT-I improves sleep and also anxiety, depression, inflammatory markers in those with cancer, and pain.

Braswell Counseling Services, LLC

720 Magnolia Rd
Suite 12
Charleston, SC 29407

(843) 442-9730
behavioralhealthcharleston@gmail.com


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