THE’insomnia It is a problem that afflicts millions of Italians and that often leads to complications in daytime life, such as chronic fatigue, depression and nervousness.
Sleep well It is a fundamental human need and those who do not succeed have a very high level of subjective suffering.
It is no coincidence that the so -called sleeping pies, that is, mainly benziodazepine drugs (Tavor, En, Zanax, Minias, Control, etc.) with hypno -educational action, are widely used in treatment of insomniaoften disproportionate and with consequent problems of dependence and addiction.
Fortunately, there are alternative strategies that are giving somewhat satisfactory results.
In particular, cognitive behavioral therapy, which intervenes primarily on the so -called sleep hygiene (behaviors facilitating sleep) and on the system of negative thoughts that adversely affect the falling asleep, has shown excellent results, so much so that it is indicated as the therapy of election in the guidelines of treatment of insomnia.
Sleeping well with a targeted psychotherapy program is therefore possible, and there are studies, including a very recent one published on Behavior Research and thearpy, which this type of interventions are also effective in the elderly and can help interrupt the continuous intake of sleeping pies.
In particular, the aforementioned study (accessible by clicking here), tested the effectiveness of the Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia In a group of 70 volunteers, over 50 years of age, who were attempting to suspend hypno -educational drugs.
Only those who have been subjected to psychotherapy in question have shown significant improvements in the quality of the sleep reported, while freeing themselves from pharmacological dependence.
