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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Sleep Medicine Edition | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Treatment of Insomnia
Description: Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. [@chutkaMD]
Guest: Michael H. Silber, M.B.Ch.B.
Difficulty initiating and maintaining sleep is a common problem for many patients. Over-the-counter sleeping aids are used by many and we commonly get asked for prescription medications to help with their sleep. Unfortunately, the ideal sleeping medication doesn’t exist and many have potentially worrisome adverse effects, some produce daytime somnolence and others may have the potential to produce dependence. Cognitive behavioral therapy is an alternative treatment option to pharmacologic therapy and is safe, can be easily taught, and offers an...