title: [Interpersonal psychotherapy in treatment of patients with primary insomnia--preliminary data of polysomnographic macro-analysis].
abstract: There has not been done much research on psychotherapeutic treatment of patients with primary insomnia. Interpersonal psychotherapy for insomnia (IPT-I) represents a new causal strategy in the treatment of insomnia, which has been evaluated in this study. 25 patients were treated in 12 single sessions either with IPT-I or with progressive relaxation training. Preliminary polysomnographic data show significant improvement of total sleep time, sleep efficiency and wake after sleep onset of the IPT-I-patients, while the PR-patients only improved slightly. IPT-I therefore was shown to be a promising strategy in the treatment of patients with primary insomnia.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie, Universität Göttingen, Deutschland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Müller-Popkes
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hajak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017286:Polysomnography; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome