title: [Nonpharmacologic treatment for insomnia].
abstract: Nonpharmacologic treatment for insomnia occupies an important position on the treatment of insomnia. It is necessary to educate the patient on sleep hygiene to adjust the unappropriate sleep pattern. Within methods of relaxation, autonomy training and biofeedback method are methods using muscle relaxation to achieve psychological balance. Morita therapy is a method to accept insomnia as it is, and give guidance on the patient's life activity in a constructive way. It is important to listen carefully to the patient's life background and choose treatment based on that information. For this, an appropriate construction of a doctor-patient relationship is essential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: Ai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashizume
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000628:therapy*