Behavioral Self-help Treatment for Insomnia

Conclusions

Self-help CBT-based bibliotherapy can effectively alleviate insomnia in a self-recruited sample with a wide range of co-morbid disorders. Brief structured guidance from a therapist enhanced outcome, and treatment gains as well as differences between groups were largely maintained three months after the end of treatment. In particular when considering its potential for being easily distributed and low in cost, self-help CBT alone or with brief therapist support is likely to help the large group of individuals with insomnia including those with co-morbid problems.