Mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia alleviates insomnia, depression, and cognitive arousal in treatment-resistant insomnia: A single-arm telemedicine trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Cognitive-behavioral therapy and pharmacotherapy are effective insomnia treatments, yet half of patients do not remit. Emerging evidence indicates refractory cognitive arousal is associated with poor insomnia treatment outcomes, giving rise to the concept that therapeutic approaches directly aimed at reducing cognitive arousal may benefit patients with a history of inadequate response to intervention. This proof-of-concept study examined the effects of mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia (MBTI) delivered individually via telemedicine on insomnia, depression, and cognitive arousal in patients with treatment-resistant insomnia.

Methods

A single-arm trial wherein 19 patients whose insomnia did not remit with prior psychotherapy and/or pharmacotherapy receiv

SUBMITTER: Kalmbach DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12713880 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature