Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in the Digital Age

Seung Gul Kang, Yong Ku Kim

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    Abstract

    Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is the treatment of choice for insomnia; however, it is not widely used due to a lack of experienced therapists and its relatively high clinical cost. Recently, Internet and mobile CBT-I have been developed to replace face-to-face CBT-I, and research on this topic has been increasing. In addition, attempts have been made to use wearable devices for sleep–wake estimation. Studies on digital CBT-I thus far have shown favorable treatment effects in general, but the problem of a high dropout rate has not been sufficiently improved. In addition, more sophisticated technology is needed to develop fully automated digital CBT-I. As part of efforts to maximize the treatment effectiveness of future insomnia patients, research and development of mobile and Internet CBT-I and improvement of sleep tracker accuracy and validation studies are needed.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
    PublisherSpringer New York LLC
    Pages629-641
    Number of pages13
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2019

    Publication series

    NameAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
    Volume1192
    ISSN (Print)0065-2598
    ISSN (Electronic)2214-8019

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2017R1D1A1B03032431). This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2013R1A1A2059105).

    Publisher Copyright:
    © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019.

    Keywords

    • Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia
    • Insomnia
    • Internet
    • Mobile application
    • Sleep
    • Wearable device

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)

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