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Article: Expert: Drugs Alone Won't Cure Insomnia
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- Los Angeles Sentinel
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- May 10, 2000
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Los Angeles Sentinel
05-10-2000
Expert: Drugs Alone Won't Cure Insomnia
Chronic insomnia sufferers often need to "unlearn" their condition and
cannot depend on prescription medications alone to relieve their
sleeplessness, says a Stanford expert.
"Many long-term insomnia sufferers have developed habits that need to be
unlearned through a process called cognitive behavioral therapy," explains
Rachel Manber, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral
sciences and director of the insomnia program at Stanford Medical Center's
Sleep Disorders Clinic.
In fact, an international study published in the March 17, 1999, issue of
the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that receiving