Based on Dr Espie's 40+ years of clinical and research experience, this expert manual for clinicians and healthcare professionals shows how best to assess insomnia and deliver effective treatment in everyday practice using cognitive and behavioural therapeutics (CBTx). The book provides in-depth background on the importance of sleep, the interactions between sleep and health, what insomnia is, and its negative impact on patients. Using detailed examples, metaphors and practical guidance, it provides clear instructions on the evaluation of sleep complaints, and on the why and how of selecting a specific CBTx to suit the presenting patient. Delving beyond treating patients at the individual level, the book also considers how to develop an effective and efficient insomnia service at population scale.

A practical guide to assessing and treating patients with insomnia using evidence-based cognitive and behavioural therapeutics.

About the Author
Colin Espie is Professor of Sleep Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford. Throughout his 45-year career in research, training, and healthcare practice, he has become a world-leading authority on the assessment and treatment of sleep disorders, particularly insomnia, using cognitive and behavioural therapeutics (CBTx), and in studies of the aetiology and maintenance of insomnia. He is also co-founder of Big Health, developer of Sleepio (TM), a digital CBT programme for insomnia.


Book Information
ISBN 9781108984560
Author Colin A. Espie
Format Paperback
Page Count 425
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press