Rest Your Head

By Kimberly Comey

According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, 60 million Americans suffer from insomnia each year, a statistic duly noted by the pharmaceutical companies that spend about $300 million annually to advertise their sleeping pills. A recent study in the June edition of JAMA points out, however, that sleeping pills might not offer the best long-term solution. It looks instead to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a treatment that focuses on taking a person’s negative beliefs and attitudes regarding sleep and turning them into positives. The University of Bergen (Norway) study found that subjects who received CBT slept significantly longer than those given only sleep medication. CBT uses such tools as time-in-bed restrictions, relaxation techniques, stimulus control, and sleep hygiene education to help make a good night’s sleep last.

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