The distinctive difference between CBT and CBT-I is the inclusion of principles and practice of sleep medicine.Photograph: Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images You might have heard of cognitive behavioral ...

Instead of reaching for a pill, more people should switch to the recommended "first line" treatment for insomnia—the non-drug option. After exhaustive studies, the specially designed Cognitive ...

Sleep specialist S. Justin Thomas, Ph.D., has grown accustomed to people looking at him as though he is an eight-headed monster. That’s his way of referring to the reaction he gets from patients when ...

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, or CBT-I, is a short-term, highly structured form of therapy used to treat chronic insomnia. Like other forms of CBT, CBT-I targets a client’s maladaptive ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Some lucky sleepers climb into bed, close their eyes, and are out cold within five minutes. Others stare ...

OSA is a common sleep disorder characterized by oxygen desaturation due to repeated airway collapse during sleep.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for insomnia and sleep disorders is an evidence-based intervention focused on improving sleep quality by addressing the cognitive and behavioural factors that ...

Turns out, there’s a close relationship between anxiety and insomnia. A 2022 clinical review 1 estimates that half of people with anxiety also struggle with sleep disturbances, and in turn, conditions ...