Overcoming Insomnia: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach, Workbook

by Jack D. Edinger, Colleen E. Carney

Overview

It is estimated that one in ten U.S. adults suffers from chronic insomnia. If left untreated, chronic insomnia reduces quality of life and increases risk for psychiatric and medical disease, especially depression and anxiety. The Overcoming Insomnia treatment program uses evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) methods to correct poor sleep habits. CBT has been proven in multiple studies to improve sleep by reducing time spent in bed before sleep onset, reducing time spent awake after first sleep onset, and increasing the quality and efficiency of sleep. This second edition has been thoroughly updated by the program developers, Jack D. Edinger and Colleen E. Carney. Patients use the Workbook in conjunction with the treatment they receive from their therapist. Patients will receive information about healthy sleep and the reasons for improving sleep habits, and the therapist will develop a program to address that patient's specific sleep problems. Use of a sleep diary, assessment forms, and other homework (all provided in the Workbook) allows patient and therapist to work together to develop an effective sleep regimen tailored specifically for each patient.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780190453381
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/24/2014
Series:	Treatments That Work
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Jack D. Edinger, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at National Jewish Health in Denver, CO. Dr. Edinger is one of the world leaders in insomnia treatment and insomnia research. He is recognized internationally for his research and clinical leadership in the areas of insomnia diagnosis and treatment. His early case series studies are among the very first to document the effectiveness of current-day cognitive behavioral insomnia therapy approaches. He has over 32 years of research and clinical experience working with insomnia patients. Colleen E. Carney, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Sleep and Depression Laboratory at Ryerson University in Toronto. Dr. Carney is a world renowned expert in comorbid insomnias and the treatment of insomnia with Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). In the Sleep and Depression Laboratory she trains graduate students and treatment providers in CBT for insomnia. She also provides CBT training workshops worldwide. She uses the treatment described in this book in her randomized controlled trials, funded by such agencies as the National Institute of Mental Health, Canadian Institutes for Health Research and the National Institute for Nursing Research. Dr. Carney is passionate about improving access to empirically supported insomnia therapy to patients.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Is This Book Right for Me? Chapter 2 Sleep Education Chapter 3 Improving Your Sleep Chapter 4 Combating Unhelpful Thoughts Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Appendix Forms and Worksheets About the Authors

Editorial Reviews

"The workbook and the therapist guide are significant contributions to this field. This second edition provides updates which impact the conceptualization of insomnia and the delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of insomnia. The authors are prominent experts in the field of insomnia and its treatment with cognitive behavioral therapy." —M. Isabel L. Crisostomo, Doody's Health Science Book Review

From the Publisher

Reviewer: M. Isabel L. Crisostomo, MD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This is the second edition of the patient workbook that is a companion to the therapist guide for treating patients with insomnia. The therapist guide provides a stepwise approach to the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia for the therapist.
Purpose: The workbook is intended to be used by the patient being treated by a therapist for insomnia. Together with the therapist guide, this is a helpful resource for the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia, with updates based on the DSM-5 conceptualization of insomnia as a sleep-wake disorder as well as elimination of differentiation of primary and secondary insomnia. This update includes a discussion of daytime issues related to insomnia as well as treatment-related issues of patients with mental health and medical problems. As with the first edition, both books provide information about healthy sleep followed by behavioral programs to address insomnia, including the use of a sleep diary, assessment forms, and other homework in this companion workbook for the patient.
Audience: The intended audience is patients being treated for insomnia by cognitive behavioral therapy as outlined in the therapist guide. The therapist guide is targeted to clinicians on the frontline of practice, whether they are psychologists, physicians, nurses, or other allied health personnel.
Features: The first chapter in the workbook ties in with the therapist guide, introducing cognitive behavioral therapy. It covers educational concepts of insomnia, its causes and treatment, and the use of sleep diaries. The second and third chapters are tied in with the third chapter of the therapy guide. The second chapter discusses basic sleep concepts, which include homeostatic and circadian determinants of sleep, and chapter 3 discusses behavioral strategies to improve sleep. Chapter 4, which is correlated to the same chapter the therapist guide, tackles cognitive therapeutic aspects, including the insomnia brain and constructive worry. The last chapter discusses how to troubleshoot issues which arise during therapy that affect adherence to the cognitive and behavioral components of the program. The appendix includes sleep diaries, constructive worry forms, and thought record forms.
Assessment: The workbook and the therapist guide are significant contributions to this field. This second edition provides updates which impact the conceptualization of insomnia and the delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of insomnia. The authors are prominent experts in the field of insomnia and its treatment with cognitive behavioral therapy.

Doody's Review Service