title: Management of insomnia in older adults.
abstract: Complaints of insomnia are very common, especially in older adults. Although pharmacotherapy is the most common form of treatment, recent evidence shows cognitive-behavioural therapy to be superior in the short- and long-term management of insomnia. Low-threshold intervention programmes may reduce both the individual and societal burden of insomnia, coexisting with or without other mental or physical disorders.
authors.forename: Børge
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sivertsen
authors.forename: Inger Hilde
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Nordhus
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000628:therapy*