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Behavioral Treatments for Sleep Disorders

A Comprehensive Primer of Behavioral Sleep Medicine Interventions

  • 1st Edition - October 20, 2010
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Michael L. Perlis, Mark Aloia, Brett Kuhn
  • Language: English

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Description

Sleep is a major component of good mental and physical health, yet over 40 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders. Edited by three prominent clinical experts, Behavioral Treatments for Sleep Disorders is the first reference to cover all of the most common disorders (insomnia, sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy, parasomnias, etc) and the applicable therapeutic techniques. The volume adopts a highly streamlined and practical approach to make the tools of the trade from behavioral sleep medicine accessible to mainstream psychologists as well as sleep disorder specialists. Organized by therapeutic technique, each chapter discusses the various sleep disorders to which the therapy is relevant, an overall rationale for the intervention, step-by-step instructions for how to implement the technique, possible modifications, the supporting evidence base, and further recommended readings. Treatments for both the adult and child patient populations are covered, and each chapter is authored by an expert in the field.

Key features

  • Offers more coverage than any volume on the market, with discussion of virtually all sleep disorders and numerous treatment types
  • Addresses treatment concerns for both adult and pediatric population
  • Outstanding scholarship, with each chapter written by an expert in the topic area
  • Each chapter offers step-by-step description of procedures and covers the evidence-based data behind those procedures

Readership

Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and sleep medicine practitioners, as well as graduate students in clinical psychology and psychiatry programs, social workers and nurse practitioners

Table of contents

Part I. BSM Treatment Protocols for Insomia

1. Sleep Restriction Therapy

2. Stimulus Control Therapy

3. Sleep Hygiene

4. Relaxation for Insomnia

5. Sleep Compression

6. Paradoxical Intention Therapy

7. Behavioral Experiments

8. Intervention to Reduce Unhelpful Beliefs about Sleep

9. Intervention to Reduce Misperception

10. Intervention to Reduce Use of Safety Behaviors

11. Cognitive Therapy for Dysfunctional Beliefs about Sleep and Insomnia

12. Cognitive Restructuring: Cognitive Therapy for Catastrophic Sleep Beliefs

13. Intensive Sleep Retraining: Conditioning Treatment for Primary Insomnia

14. Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Insomnia

15. Brief Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia

16. Using Bright Light and Melatonin to Reduce Jet Lag

17. Using Bright Light and Melatonin to Adjust to Night Work

Part II. BSM Protocols for Adherence and Treatment of Intrinsic Sleep Disorders

18. Motivational Enhancement Therapy

19. Exposure Therapy for Claustrophobic Reactions to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

20. Sleep Apnea Self-Management Program

21. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Increase Adherence to Continuous Positive Airway

22. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Increase Adherence to Continuous Positive Airway

23. The Avoidance of the Supine Posture during Sleep for Patients with Supine-related Sleep Apnea

24. Scheduled Sleep Periods as an Adjuvant Treatment for Narcolepsy

Part III. BSM Protocols for Pediatric Sleep Disorders

25. Brief Parent Consultation to Prevent Infant/Toddler Sleep Disturbance

26. Unmodified Extinction for Childhood Sleep Disturbance

27. Graduated Extinction: Behavioral Treatment for Bedtime Problems and Night Wakings in Young Children

28. Extinction with Parental Presence

29. Bedtime Fading with Response Cost for Children with Multiple Sleep Problems

30. The Bedtime Pass

31. The Excuse-Me Drill: A Behavioral protocol to Promote Independent Sleep Initiation Skills and Reduce Bedtime Problems in Young Children

32. Day Correction of Pediatric Bedtime Problems

33. Graduated Exposure Games to Reduce Children’s Fear of the Dark

34. Scheduled Awakenings: A Behavioral Protocol for Treating Sleepwalking and Sleep Terrors in Children

35. Imagery Rehearsal Therapy for Adolescents

36. Moisture Alarm Therapy for Primary Nocturnal Enuresis

37. Promoting Positive Airway Pressure Adherence in Children Using Escape Extinction within a Multi-Component Behavior Therapy Approach

38. Using Motivational Interviewing to Facilitate Healthier Sleep-Related Behaviors in Adolescents

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 20, 2010
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Michael L. Perlis

In general, Dr. Perlis’s research pertains to insomnia and Behavioral Sleep Medicine. His specific research interests include: Behavior, cognitive, and physiologic factors in Acute and Chronic insomnia, Cortical arousal and conditioned CNS activation as a primary perpetuator of insomnia;  Sensory and information processing and long term memory formation as key features of Insomnia Disorder as a hybrid state between wake and sleep;  Sleep homeostasis effects on the frequency and severity of insomnia (and the patterning of insomnia over time); Insomnia as morbid risk factor for new onset and recurrent depression; The anti-depressant effects of CBT-I; The potential of conditioning and partial reinforcement with placebos (Behavioral; Pharmacotherapeutics) as a means to change how medical maintenance therapy is conducted; The relative efficacy of behavioral and pharmacologic treatments of insomnia.
Affiliations and expertise
Director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, USA

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