Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Pharmacotherapy for Insomnia

Abstract

Insomnia, defined as difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep with impaired daytime functioning attributed to poor sleep, is one of the most common complaints brought to a physician's office practice.^1,2 In the National Sleep Foundation's 2002 Sleep in America poll,³ 35% of adults reported experiencing symptoms of insomnia every night and 58% reported insomnia at least a few nights per week.