Overcoming Insomnia and Sleep Problems
A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques
Published on 26. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-84529-070-2 (ISBN)
Description
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All the help you need to conquer your sleep problems and start living life to the full
Poor sleep is one of the most common health problems and can leave you feeling exhausted, stressed and run-down. While prescribed medications and over-the-counter remedies rarely offer lasting benefits, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy can help enormously and is the treatment of choice for insomnia.
Develop good pre-bedtime routines.
The most effective relaxation techniques.
Establish a new sleeping and waking pattern.
Deal with a racing mind.
Use sleeping pills more effectively.
Handle jet lag and sleepwalking.
All the help you need to conquer your sleep problems and start living life to the full
Poor sleep is one of the most common health problems and can leave you feeling exhausted, stressed and run-down. While prescribed medications and over-the-counter remedies rarely offer lasting benefits, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy can help enormously and is the treatment of choice for insomnia.
Develop good pre-bedtime routines.
The most effective relaxation techniques.
Establish a new sleeping and waking pattern.
Deal with a racing mind.
Use sleeping pills more effectively.
Handle jet lag and sleepwalking.
Reviews / Votes
A sensible, lucid description of the leading treatment of insomnia by an internationally renowned expert. -- Alison G. Harvey PhD, University of BerkeleyMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
208 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84529-070-2 (9781845290702)
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Colin Espie
Overcoming Insomnia and Sleep Problems
A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques
E-Book
11/2012
Robinson
€4.49
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Person
Colin A. Espie PhD, DSc is Professor of Sleep Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences and a Fellow of Somerville College, University of Oxford. He is Director of the Experimental and Clinical Sleep Medicine programme within the Sleep & Circadian Neuroscience Institute, and Clinical Director of the Oxford Online Program in Sleep Medicine. Dr Espie has authored/co-authored over three hundred publications and books, particularly on CBT, and is co-founder of Big Health (Sleepio) which develops digital interventions for insomnia.