文档介绍：Insomnia
A Clinical Guide to Assessment
and Treatment
Insomnia
A Clinical Guide to Assessment
and Treatment
Charles M. Morin
Université Laval
Quebec, Canada
and
Colin A. Espie
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland
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To our children, Geneviève and Sébastien (CM) and Craig,
Carolyn, and Robbie (CE), for their love and inspiration,
and to Rena whose courage in adversity is
an example to follow (CE)
Preface
Along with increasing recognition of the consequences and costs of insom-
nia, there is growing evidence documenting the effectiveness of cognitive-
behavior therapy for insomnia. Yet, there is still a major gap between
available evidence and current clinical practice. Much of this gap is due
to economics, limited treatment access, and ineffective dissemination of
knowledge. There is a definite need for practical materials to facilitate
access to and implementation of interventions for insomnia. As scientists-
practitioners, we are constantly reminded of this need by frequent requests
from clinicians around the world for questionnaires and handouts to assist
them in treating insomnia patients. It was during a recent international
sleep meeting, more specifically on a train journey between Dresden and
Prague, that we drafted an outline of a handbook that would help fill
this gap.
This clinical handbook describes an evidence-based treatment pro-