Each session involved a review of sleep diaries and progress, education about sleep and the causes of chronic insomnia, behaviour therapy
targeting problems with sleep onset and maintenance, relaxation training, cognitive restructuring procedures, and sleep hygiene education.
Not exact matches
In addition, they conclude, «Our findings suggest that
sleep problems may be an additional
target for treatment and prevention strategies in female emerging adults
with chronic pain and musculoskeletal pain.»
If
sleep deficits across the school term are found to be a predictor of mental health status in adolescents and, further, if cumulative
sleep deficits are found to be related to increases in mental health
problems, then results from this study could be used to develop
targeted sleep intervention programs (trials of which are currently underway
with members of this research team) and / or clinic - based intervention programs that aim to improve adolescents»
sleep and mental health or even avoid them in the first place.