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Few people escape the occasional restless night of tossing and turning, followed by the inevitable crushing fatigue the following day. But for the as many as one in 10 adults <\/a>who suffer from chronic insomnia, the experience is all too common.<\/p>\n

In addition to the short-term harms of excessive daytime sleepiness and dysfunction, chronic insomnia — defined as disrupted sleep that occurs at least three nights a week, lasting for at least 3 months — has been linked in epidemiological studies to an increased risk for obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and other life-threatening chronic conditions<\/p>\n

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Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been recognized as the gold standard therapy for adults with insomnia by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine<\/a> and, more recently, the American College of Physicians (ACP)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2016 guideline revisions<\/a>, ACP recommended CBT alone, without medication, as the first-line therapy for chronic insomnia. A 2015 meta-analysis of 20 randomized, controlled trials<\/a> involving more than 1,100 participants showed CBT to be an effective therapy for chronic insomnia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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