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Anxiolytic impact of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia in patients with co‐morbid insomnia and generalized anxiety disorder.
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Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy . Jul2024, Vol. 52 Issue 4, p456-460. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is an effective treatment for chronic insomnia that also improves non-sleep symptoms, such as mood and anxiety. Identifying sleep-specific variables that predict anxiety change after CBT-I treatment may support alternative strategies when people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) do not improve from standard GAD treatment. Aims: To investigate CBT-I on changes in anxiety and evaluate whether changes in sleep-specific variables predict anxiety outcomes. Methods: Seventy-two participants presenting with insomnia and GAD (GAD-I) completed four sessions of CBT-I. Participants completed daily diaries and self-report measures at baseline and post-treatment. Results: CBT-I in a co‐morbid GAD-I sample was associated with medium reductions in anxiety, and large reductions in insomnia severity. Subjective insomnia severity and tendencies to ruminate in response to fatigue predicted post-treatment anxiety change, in addition to younger age and lower baseline anxiety. Conclusions: The findings suggest that younger GAD-I participants with moderate anxiety symptoms may benefit most from the anxiety-relieving impact of CBT-I. Reducing perceived insomnia severity and the tendency to ruminate in response to fatigue may support reductions in anxiety in those with GAD-I. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13524658
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178383771
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465823000656