title: Insomnia: cognitive and behavioural alternatives to drug therapy.
abstract: "Stimulus control" and relaxation, combined with advice on sleep hygiene, should be a common approach to treating insomnia. Stimulus control, based on simple advice aimed at reinforcing the mental link between the bedroom and sleep is a simple method to apply after a short training period. Insomnia treatment should no longer be restricted to drugs.
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D012890:Sleep; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000628:therapy*