Behavioural Psychotherapy

Table of Contents - 1987 - Volume 15, Issue 04  

Research Article

Cognitive Strategies for the Management of Severe Sleep-Maintenance Insomnia: A Preliminary Investigation

Colin A. Espiea1 and William R. Lindsaya2

a1 Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow

a2 Department of Clinical Psychology, Strathmartine Hospital, Dundee

Abstract

Psychological treatments for sleep-maintenance insomnia have received little attention in the literature. Problems with staying asleep are commonplace, however, especially in the older age groups, and there is a need to develop effective management alternatives to night-time sedation. This single case report describes the sequential application of two cognitive interventions with treatment effects being evaluated by means of time series analysis. The mental overarousal model of sleep disturbance is discussed.

(Received December 1986)

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