Management of Chronic Insomnia: A Guide for the Health Professionals

This comprehensive guide considers insomnia from the sufferer's perspective, and covers: cognitive restructuring; behavioural changes and the use of medication; how intervention and changes in the day are important to insomnia management; physiological factors that determine sleep; and strategies to improve the quality and length of sleep.It also includes assessment and management strategies, questionnaires, forms and a sleep diary, alongside case studies and a discussion of treatment in practice.