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Cognitive Strategies for the Management of Severe Sleep-Maintenance Insomnia: A Preliminary Investigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Colin A. Espie  and
William R. Lindsay
Colin A. Espie
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow
William R. Lindsay
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology, Strathmartine Hospital, Dundee
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Abstract

Psychological treatments for sleep-maintenance insomnia have received little attention in the literature. Problems with staying asleep are commonplace, however, especially in the older age groups, and there is a need to develop effective management alternatives to night-time sedation. This single case report describes the sequential application of two cognitive interventions with treatment effects being evaluated by means of time series analysis. The mental overarousal model of sleep disturbance is discussed.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , October 1987 , pp. 388 - 395
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1987

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