Contemporary insomnia treatment embraces a multi-faceted approach incorporating various therapeutic strategies. Evidence-based interventions now include cognitive behavioral therapy, chronotherapy ...

Then you’re among the more than 20% of people in the U.S. who suffer from a sleeping disorder like insomnia and your doctor is probably prescribing sleeping pills to help you doze through the night.

Sleeping pills don’t work for everyone. But they are not your last chance at sleep. If they don’t work for you, go back to your doctor. There are more treatments to try.

While treatment for insomnia can include medication, more and more people are turning to CBT-I (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia). This form of therapy is designed to address the root ...

Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl joins has more on a treatment that studies show can be just effective as medication. Insomnia can be short lasting, or chronic.

Providing care for a family member with a disabling illness can be a demanding job that leaves many people unable to sleep, but an online insomnia treatment developed at the University of Virginia ...

A randomized, double-blind, placebo -controlled study by Murphy et al (2017) found that lemborexant was effective in the treatment of insomnia while minimizing next-day hangover (residual ...

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia prevents and alleviates suicidal ideation: insomnia remission is a suicidolytic mechanism. Sleep; 45 (12):zsac251. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsac251.

Behavioral approaches for the treatment of chronic insomnia are effective, produce longer-lasting effects than medication, and should be used as first-line treatment, a large review study suggests.

The treatment worked for Sylvia Bourque, who lived with chronic insomnia for more than 10 years. Bourque said she still relies on CBT methods if she wakes up at night.

There’s good reason to work on putting your insomnia to sleep: The sleep disorder is associated with an increased risk of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, depression, heart attack, and stroke.