MedGadget
“Researchers from the University of Virginia Health System conducted a study of an internet based intervention program designed to help people suffering from insomnia. The cleverly named SHUTi (Sleep Healthy Using the Internet) online app offers clinical outcomes that seem to be as good or even better than those achieved with personalized treatments offered by therapists. Here’s one of the lead members of the research team speaking about the study.”
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Categories: News, Video | Country: United States | Tag(s): Health Information Technology, Insomnia, Internet
Shirley S. Wang, WSJ Health Blog
“A Web-based program for treating insomnia may help sleep, according to a small study published in today’s Archives of General Psychiatry. The study is the first to demonstrate that it’s possible to help people improve sleep problems by modifying their sleep-related thoughts and behavior using the Internet.
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Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Behaviour, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Insomnia, Internet, Lifestyle
AP, MSNBC
“Sleepless people sometimes use the Internet to get through the night. Now a small study shows promising results for insomniacs with nine weeks of Internet-based therapy.
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Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Behaviour, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Insomnia, Internet, Lifestyle
ScienceDaily
“An online insomnia intervention based on established face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy techniques appears to improve patients’ sleep, according to a new report.
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Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Behaviour, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Insomnia, Lifestyle, Online
