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Is it neces­sa­ry for pati­ents to dis­con­ti­n­ue their sleep medi­ca­ti­on to par­ti­ci­pa­te in the pro­gram?

In prin­ci­ple, pati­ents can par­ti­ci­pa­te with or wit­hout medi­ca­ti­on. Howe­ver, par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on is only meaning­ful if the­re is a cur­rent dis­sa­tis­fac­tion with sleep. Pati­ents who are satis­fied with their sleep while on medi­ca­ti­on will not bene­fit from bedti­me rest­ric­tion. In this case, the medi­ca­ti­on would need to be redu­ced first. Pati­ents who con­ti­n­ue expe­ri­en­cing poor sleep […]

What can I do in case of non-response?

Like any the­ra­py, SLEEP­ex­pert does not work equal­ly well for all pati­ents. If pati­ents report no impro­ve­ment during the pro­gram, check whe­ther the sleep win­dow has been con­sist­ent­ly imple­men­ted to allow for chan­ge. Often, it turns out that the sleep win­dow was not regu­lar­ly adhe­red to (e.g., lon­ger time in bed on weekends or day­ti­me […]

What addi­tio­nal infor­ma­ti­on does the SLEEP­ex­pert book pro­vi­de?

The most important sec­tion of the book is the SLEEP­ex­pert tre­at­ment manu­al, which offers a step-by-step guide—from indi­ca­ti­on and prac­ti­cal imple­men­ta­ti­on to dis­cus­sing chal­len­ging the­ra­py situa­tions. The book gives a com­pre­hen­si­ve intro­duc­tion to the fun­da­men­tals of sleep and sleep regu­la­ti­on, insom­nia dis­or­der and cogni­ti­ve beha­vi­oral the­ra­py for insom­nia (CBT‑I). The intro­duc­tion pro­vi­des a bet­ter under­stan­ding […]