Talk Therapy Beats Drugs for Insomnia
Boston researchers have found that cognitive behavioral therapy is more effective than sleeping pills in treating chronic sleep-onset insomnia.
In a study summarized in the Sept. 27 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School found non-drug techniques yield better short- and long-term results than the most widely prescribed sleeping pill, zolpidem, commonly known as Ambien.
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Grohol, J. (2004). Talk Therapy Beats Drugs for Insomnia. Psych Central. Retrieved on May 25, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2004/09/29/talk-therapy-beats-drugs-for-insomnia/
