The Clinician's Guide to Cognitive Behavioural Therapeutics (CBTx) for Insomnia A Scientist-Practitioner Approach

Based on Dr Espie's 40+ years of clinical and research experience, this expert manual for clinicians and healthcare professionals shows how best to assess insomnia and deliver effective treatment in everyday practice using cognitive and behavioural therapeutics (CBTx). The book provides in-depth background on the importance of sleep, the interactions between sleep and health, what insomnia is, and its negative impact on patients. Using detailed examples, metaphors and practical guidance, it provides clear instructions on the evaluation of sleep complaints, and on the why and how of selecting a specific CBTx to suit the presenting patient. Delving beyond treating patients at the individual level, the book also considers how to develop an effective and efficient insomnia service at population scale.

Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; Section 1. Sleep, its Function, and Insomnia: 1. What is sleep?; 2. Why does sleep matter?; 3. What is insomnia?; Section 2. CBT and its Application to Insomnia: 4. Why is CBT relevant to insomnia?; 5. What is CBTx?; Section 3. Assessing Insomnia from a CBT Perspective: 6. How do I evaluate a patient and understand their presenting complaint?; 7. How do I incorporate validated scales and measures into clinical evaluation?; 8. Should I consider objective assessments of sleep-wake functioning as part of clinical evaluation?; Section 4. Treating Insomnia Using the CBTx Approach: 9. How do I use this book to develop personalised CBTx?; 10. How and when should I deliver behavioural therapeutics?; 11. How and when should I deliver cognitive therapeutics?; 12. How and when should I deliver relaxation therapeutics?; 13. How and when should I incorporate sleep hygiene and education?; Section 5. Implementing CBTx for Insomnia at Scale: 14. How do I design and deliver a CBTx service?; References; Index.

Colin Espie is Professor of Sleep Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN), University of Oxford. Throughout his forty-year career in research, training and health care practice he has become a world-leading authority in the assessment and treatment of sleep disorders, particularly insomnia, using Cognitive Behavioural Therapeutics (CBTx), and in studies of the aetiology and maintenance of insomnia. He is also co-founder of Big Health, developer of SleepioTM a digital CBT program for insomnia.