Poor sleep can have a huge impact on our health and wellbeing, leaving us feeling run-down, exhausted and stressed out. This self-help guide explains the causes of insomnia and why it is so difficult to break bad habits. This updated edition gives you clinically proven cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques for improving the quality of your sleep:
? Keeping a sleep diary
? Setting personal goals
? Improving your sleep hygiene
? Dealing with a racing mind
? Making lasting improvements to your sleeping and waking pattern
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3 Different Treatments for Insomnia |
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PART 2 Coping with Insomnia |
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5 Improving Your Sleep Hygiene |
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6 Improving Your Preparation for Sleep |
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7 Improving Your Bed---Sleep Connection |
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8 Making Your Sleep Pattern the Best It Can Be |
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9 Dealing with a Racing Mind |
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10 Evaluating How You Feel During the Day |
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11 Making Lasting Improvements to Your Sleep |
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| Other Things that Might Help |
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Colin A. Espie PhD, DSc is Professor of Sleep Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences and a Fellow of Somerville College, University of Oxford. He is Director of the Experimental and Clinical Sleep Medicine programme within the Sleep & Circadian Neuroscience Institute, and Clinical Director of the Oxford Online Program in Sleep Medicine. Dr Espie has authored/co-authored over three hundred publications and books, particularly on CBT, and is co-founder of Big Health (Sleepio) which develops digital interventions for insomnia.
