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CBT-I: The Gold Standard for Sleep
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia — CBT-I — is the first-line treatment recommended by every major medical organization for chronic insomnia. Not sleeping pills. Not melatonin. Not chamomile tea. A structured behavioral intervention that changes how your brain relates to sleep. A systematic...
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In this lesson you will learn:
- CBT-I is the first-line treatment for chronic insomnia recommended by every major medical organization — more effective long-term than medication
- Sleep restriction therapy is counterintuitive but the most effective component: compress time in bed to match actual sleep
- The bed should be associated with only sleep and sex — this retrains the brain's association with sleep onset
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