Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Insomnia Protocol and Review of Efficacy Studies

Nowadays, problems related to sleep increase. It is stated that insomnia is one of the most frequently encountered sleep disorders in both our country and other countries. The studies investigating the cognitive behavioral therapy based treatment of insomnia disorder and the effectiveness of this treatment approach were reviewed in present study. For the review, the studies on the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Insomnia (CBT-I) protocol between years 2005-2019 were examined via MEDLINE, psychINFO, PsycARTICLES, Web of Science, and JSTORE databases. According to the related literature, CBT-I has shown positive results in decreasing insomnia symptoms, increasing sleep time, and sustaining gains after intervention. Although it is emphasized that the intervention has some disadvantages in some studies, it is not only the treatment of insomnia disorder, but also it is an effective treatment method in the treatment of comorbid disorders such as depression anxiety with insomnia disorder. It is observed that the effectiveness of the CBT-I protocol, which is frequently used in literature and whose effectiveness has been investigated, has not yet been studied in the Turkey. For this reason, in the current study, the studies conducted in the field related to this subject are reviewed