Studies show that sleeping pills are Not the best approach to sleeping problems

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Post by gronkie » Thu, May 03, 2012, 1:56 PM UTC

Studies show that sleeping pills are Not the best approach to sleeping problems
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Re: Studies show that sleeping pills are Not the best approach to sleeping problems

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Post by Mansyn » Thu, May 03, 2012, 2:11 PM UTC

duh

Re: Studies show that sleeping pills are Not the best approach to sleeping problems

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Post by phames » Thu, May 03, 2012, 7:57 PM UTC

A good summary of the key points from the literature. However it is possible to placebo-test CBT; we did it recently for our web-based CBTi programme sleepio.com. The paper's been accepted for publication by the journal SLEEP - read it here: http://www.journalsleep.org/AcceptedPapers/SP-025-12.pdf

Also check out the lengths we went to to develop a credible placebo here: http://www.sleepio.com/research. Basically a complete bogus system, with new tools, animation, voiceover and library...