Case Studies of Chronic Insomnia Patients Participating in Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
Background and Objective Pharmacotherapy currently widely used in the treatment of insomnia can be helpful in transient insomnia, but research regarding its effectiveness and safety of long-term use is not enough. Therefore, to complement the limitations of pharmacotherapy in the treatment of patien...
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| author | Mi Jin Yi Tae Won Kim Jong Hyeon Jeong Soo Hyun Joo Seung Chul Hong Soo Yeon Suh |
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| description | Background and Objective Pharmacotherapy currently widely used in the treatment of insomnia can be helpful in transient insomnia, but research regarding its effectiveness and safety of long-term use is not enough. Therefore, to complement the limitations of pharmacotherapy in the treatment of patients with insomnia, non-pharmacologic treatment methods (cognitive behavioral therapy, CBT) are used. But CBT for insomnia appear to be costly and time-consuming compared to pharmacotherapy, clinical practice in the field can be difficult to be applied. We took the format of group therapy rather than individual therapy to complement the disadvantages of CBT and now we would like to have a thought into its meaning by reporting the effectiveness of group CBT for insomnia. Methods Patients were recruited at Sleep Center of St. Vincent’s Hospital, 2 men and 3 women led to a group of five patients. CBT is a treatment for correction factors that cause and maintain insomnia, it includes a variety of techniques such as sleep hygiene education, stimulus control, sleep restriction, relaxation and cognitive therapy. A series of treatment were performed five sessions once a week with a frequency from February to March 2012 and were proceeded for about 1 hour and 30 minutes per session. Results Results indicated that the subjective quality of sleep and sleep efficiency of all patients improved and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Beck Depression Inventory were decreased in spite of reducing dose of medication. Conclusions Like these cases, we can contribute to reduce the time and economic burden by performing group CBT for insomnia rather than individual therapy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-14c86483708b447c9e39c97cf411a8512022-12-22T00:23:42ZengKorean Society of Sleep MedicineSleep Medicine Research2093-91752233-88532012-10-0132454910.17241/smr.2012.3.2.4534Case Studies of Chronic Insomnia Patients Participating in Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for InsomniaMi Jin Yi0Tae Won Kim1Jong Hyeon Jeong2Soo Hyun Joo3Seung Chul Hong4Soo Yeon Suh5 Department of Psychiatry, St. Vincent’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea Department of Psychiatry, St. Vincent’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea Department of Psychiatry, St. Vincent’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea Department of Psychiatry, St. Vincent’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea Department of Psychiatry, St. Vincent’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea Human Genome Institute, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, KoreaBackground and Objective Pharmacotherapy currently widely used in the treatment of insomnia can be helpful in transient insomnia, but research regarding its effectiveness and safety of long-term use is not enough. Therefore, to complement the limitations of pharmacotherapy in the treatment of patients with insomnia, non-pharmacologic treatment methods (cognitive behavioral therapy, CBT) are used. But CBT for insomnia appear to be costly and time-consuming compared to pharmacotherapy, clinical practice in the field can be difficult to be applied. We took the format of group therapy rather than individual therapy to complement the disadvantages of CBT and now we would like to have a thought into its meaning by reporting the effectiveness of group CBT for insomnia. Methods Patients were recruited at Sleep Center of St. Vincent’s Hospital, 2 men and 3 women led to a group of five patients. CBT is a treatment for correction factors that cause and maintain insomnia, it includes a variety of techniques such as sleep hygiene education, stimulus control, sleep restriction, relaxation and cognitive therapy. A series of treatment were performed five sessions once a week with a frequency from February to March 2012 and were proceeded for about 1 hour and 30 minutes per session. Results Results indicated that the subjective quality of sleep and sleep efficiency of all patients improved and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Beck Depression Inventory were decreased in spite of reducing dose of medication. Conclusions Like these cases, we can contribute to reduce the time and economic burden by performing group CBT for insomnia rather than individual therapy.http://www.sleepmedres.org/upload/pdf/smr-3-2-45-4.pdfInsomniaCognitive behavioral therapyGroup therapyPharmacotherapy |
| spellingShingle | Mi Jin Yi Tae Won Kim Jong Hyeon Jeong Soo Hyun Joo Seung Chul Hong Soo Yeon Suh Case Studies of Chronic Insomnia Patients Participating in Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Sleep Medicine Research Insomnia Cognitive behavioral therapy Group therapy Pharmacotherapy |
| title | Case Studies of Chronic Insomnia Patients Participating in Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia |
| title_full | Case Studies of Chronic Insomnia Patients Participating in Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia |
| title_fullStr | Case Studies of Chronic Insomnia Patients Participating in Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Case Studies of Chronic Insomnia Patients Participating in Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia |
| title_short | Case Studies of Chronic Insomnia Patients Participating in Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia |
| title_sort | case studies of chronic insomnia patients participating in group cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia |
| topic | Insomnia Cognitive behavioral therapy Group therapy Pharmacotherapy |
| url | http://www.sleepmedres.org/upload/pdf/smr-3-2-45-4.pdf |
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