AHN Staff
Montreal, Quebec (AHN) - A study made by researchers from Laval University in Quebec showed that 70 percent of patients who used cognitive behavioral therapy and took sleeping pills, but eventually stopped taking tranquilizers, solved their problems of sleeplessness.
CBT is based on the concept that how a person thinks and acts the way he feels. It has been proven to be effective in dealing with a wide range of ailments from insomnia to depression.
For those who have trouble sleeping, according to Charles Morin of Laval University, insomnia is addressed by changing the way a person thinks. Instead of tossing and turning when hit by insomnia, a patient is advised to leave his bed and do something relaxing for a few minutes before trying to sleep again.
The researchers made the study using 160 adults with persistent insomnia and undergoing treatment at a sleep center during the period January 2002 to April 2005. The participants received CBT treatment or a combination of CBT and 10 milligrams per day of zolpidem for six weeks.
Comparing the different variations of the treatment mode, the Quebec doctors found out best results were obtained if the insomniac got combined therapy at the start, then the sleeping pill was removed from the treatment.
The study was published in The Journal of the American Medical Association.
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