The effectiveness of community day-long CBT-I workshops for participants with insomnia symptoms: a randomised controlled trial.

Journal article

Insomnia is a very common and disabling symptom. Whilst evidence for the efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapy for people diagnosed with insomnia (CBT-I) is strong, few people seek help and not many services offer CBT-I. Less intensive adaptations of CBT-I have been shown to be valuable, and given the size of the problem and low rates of help-seeking, an accessible intervention with a large capacity is needed. Day-long CBT-I psycho-educational workshops (each for up to 30 people), to whic...

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Authors: Swift, N; Stewart, R; Andiappan, M; Smith, A; Espie, C

• Journal: Journal of sleep research
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 270-280
• Publication date: 2012-06-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2011.00940.x
• EISSN: 1365-2869
• ISSN: 0962-1105
• Language: English
• Keywords: Treatment Outcome; Female; Humans; Adolescent; Questionnaires; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; Cognitive Therapy; Middle Aged; Adult; Male; Severity of Illness Index; Aged; Time Factors; Young Adult; Aged, 80 and over; Education