{"id":494,"date":"2016-12-05T12:41:47","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T17:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bht\/?p=494"},"modified":"2022-08-02T09:32:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T13:32:33","slug":"can-insomnia-be-cured-by-online-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bht\/2016\/12\/05\/can-insomnia-be-cured-by-online-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Can insomnia be cured by online therapy? (The Guardian)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can\u2019t get to sleep? Try online therapy. While a glowing screen is a counter-intuitive cure for insomnia, there is evidence that online cognitive behavourial therapy (CBT) can restore normal sleep patterns. In a study published in this month\u2019s Jama Psychiatry, an online CBT programme cured 57% of those who used it, compared with 27% who had standard education about insomnia.<\/p>\n<p>Insomnia affects up to half of all people \u2013 with up to 20% having a serious problem with getting off to sleep (or falling asleep again if they wake up). Chronic insomnia can last for years \u2013 making people feel sleepy during the day and anxious at night. Standard advice includes promoting \u201csleep hygiene\u201d: a cool, dark bedroom; going to bed and getting up at the same time every day; and not napping. After that, it\u2019s face-to-face cognitive behavioural therapy \u2013 but there aren\u2019t enough therapists to go round. This may be why people are still prescribed sleeping tablets that make them feel pleasantly dissociated and are very addictive.<\/p>\n<p>In an editorial accompanying this latest research, Andrew D Krystal from the department of psychiatry at the University of California says it is inevitable that internet CBT will become the first line of treatment for insomnia.<\/p>\n<p>So should you be asking for it already?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2016\/dec\/05\/can-insomnia-be-cured-by-online-therapy\">READ MORE&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can\u2019t get to sleep? Try online therapy. While a glowing screen is a counter-intuitive cure for insomnia, there is evidence that online cognitive behavourial therapy (CBT) can restore normal sleep patterns. 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