An untenable rationale for treating insomnia.
In 1995 Cholitz tested a breathing technique to treat insomniacs. The results were incomparably much better than typically reported. It is argued that Cholitz' explanation of his findings is untenable and that independent replications are needed.
van den Hout
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Department of Experimental and Abnormal Psychology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Kroeze
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D001945:Breathing Exercises; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology
D002245:Carbon Dioxide