Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia by Michael L Perlis

Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia by Michael L Perlis

Cognitive behaviour therapy has brought data-driven and data-yielding treatment to insomnia. Intended for clinical trainees and non-insomnia sleep specialists, this book offers: definition of insomnia; review of the conceptual; framework for treatment; overview of the components of therapy; session-by-session guide; and dialogues.

Michael L. Perlis, PhD

Dr. Perlis is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and URMC Neurosciences Program at the University of Rochester and is the Director of the UR Sleep Research Laboratory.  His clinical expertise is in the area of Behavioral Sleep Medicine. His research interests include sleep in psychiatric disorders and neurocognitive phenomena in insomnia, the mechanisms of action of sedative hypnotics, and the development of alternative treatments for insomnia. He was a founding member of the AASM's Behavioral Sleep Medicine Committee and of the editorial board for the Journal of Behavioral Sleep Medicine. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Sleep Research and the Journal SLEEP and he hosts an annual seminar on CBT-I for those interested in learning the techniques.

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ISBN 13	9780387774404
ISBN 10	0387774408
Title	Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia
Author	Michael L Perlis
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Year published	2008-04-01
Number of pages	182
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