title: Non-pharmacological treatment of insomnia.
abstract: Insomnia is one of the most common sleep disorders, which is characterized by nocturnal symptoms of difficulties initiating and/or maintaining sleep, and by daytime symptoms that impair occupational, social, or other areas of functioning. Insomnia disorder can exist alone or in conjunction with comorbid medical and/or psychiatric conditions. The incidence of insomnia is higher in women and can increase during certain junctures of a woman's life (e.g., pregnancy, postpartum, and menopause). This article will focus on an overview of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, evidence of effectiveness for this treatment when insomnia disorder is experienced alone or in parallel with a comorbidity, and a review with promising data on the use of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia when present during postpartum and menopause.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Sleep Medicine Center, Redwood City, California 94063, USA. asiebern@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Allison T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Siebern
authors.forename: Sooyeon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nowakowski
mesh_terms: D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000628:therapy*