Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

Examine whether cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) improves sleep in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as nightmares, nonsleep PTSD symptoms, depression symptoms, and psychosocial functioning.

Design

RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL WITH TWO ARMS: CBT-I and monitor-only waitlist control.

Setting

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center.

Participants

Forty-five adults (31 females: [mean age 37 y (22-59 y)] with PTSD meeting research diagnostic criteria for insomnia, randomly assigned to CBT-I (n = 29; 22 females) or monitor-only waitlist control (n = 16; nine females).

Interventions

Eight-session weekly individual CBT-I delivered by a licensed clinical psychologist or a board-certified psychiatrist.

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SUBMITTER: Talbot LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3900619 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature