The British Journal of Psychiatry (2007) 190: 285-286. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.031278
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Management of insomnia in older adults

BØRGE SIVERTSEN, PhD and INGER HILDE NORDHUS, PhD

Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Correspondence: Dr Børge Sivertsen, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Bergen, Christiesgt. 12, 5015 Bergen, Norway. Email: borge.sivertsen{at}psykp.uib.no

Declaration of interest None.

Complaints of insomnia are very common, especially in older adults. Although pharmacotherapy is the most common form of treatment, recent evidence shows cognitive–behavioural therapy to be superior in the short- and long-term management of insomnia. Low-threshold intervention programmes may reduce both the individual and societal burden of insomnia, coexisting with or without other mental or physical disorders.




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