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Insomnia is a common disorder encountered by mental health professionals and primary care physicians. Current science and clinical practice have moved away from treating insomnia as a “secondary” illness in the presence of a “primary” psychopathology; rather, insomnia is now considered to be a comorbid illness that is given equal weight and consideration in any treatment plan. Similarly, insomnia often contributes to the course and outcome for medical illness. While the use of hypnotic medications is ubiquitous in patients with insomnia, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) has been empirically supported as the gold-standard treatment for insomnia.

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Rivera, G.L., Orff, H.J. (2020). Insomnia. In: Sedky, K., Nazir, R., Bennett, D. (eds) Sleep Medicine and Mental Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44447-1_2

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