Is it time to step up to stepped care with our cognitive-behavioral insomnia therapies?

Affiliations

¹ Psychology Service, VA Medical Center and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27705, USA. jdedingr@duke.edu

Comment

Jack D Edinger. Sleep. 2009 Dec.

. 2009 Dec;32(12):1539-41.

doi: 10.1093/sleep/32.12.1539.

¹ Psychology Service, VA Medical Center and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27705, USA. jdedingr@duke.edu

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"Stepped care": a health technology solution for delivering cognitive behavioral therapy as a first line insomnia treatment.
Espie CA. Espie CA. Sleep. 2009 Dec;32(12):1549-58. doi: 10.1093/sleep/32.12.1549. Sleep. 2009. PMID: 20041590 Free PMC article. Review.

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