How does PCH Treatment Center treat Sleep Disorders?
Despite the fact that poor sleep is a central symptom of depressive, bipolar and anxiety disorders, psychological treatments have traditionally neglected the importance of healthy sleep. Recently however, psychologists have developed highly effective approaches for helping people fall asleep quicker, stay asleep longer and manage night-time racing thoughts that so often can disrupt restful sleep. These cognitive-behavioral approaches do not rely on traditional medications, but instead are based on three premises stating that insomnia is perpetuated by: 1) a set of poor sleep habits; 2) a poor sleep environment; 3) night-time worries, frustrations and despair. Cognitive-behavioral approaches have been so effective that the American Academy of Sleep Medicine describes them as the first line treatment for chronic primary insomnia. At PCH Insomnia Treatment Center, our approach is unlike any other psychological program in that cognitive-behavioral approaches for insomnia are integrated int
