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Cognitive–behavioral therapy and hypnotic relaxation to treat sleep problems in an adolescent with diabetes
Author(s) -
Perfect Michelle M.,
Elkins Gary R.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20732
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychology , relaxation (psychology) , cognitive behavioral therapy , hypnotic , clinical psychology , hypnosis , intervention (counseling) , sleep (system call) , cognition , depression (economics) , relaxation therapy , cognitive therapy , sleep hygiene , psychiatry , sleep quality , medicine , social psychology , alternative medicine , pathology , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , operating system
Inadequate sleep among adolescents frequently contributes to obesity and reduced academic performance, along with symptoms of anxiety, depression, fatigue, and attention deficits. The etiological bases of sleep quality has been associated with both stress and sleep habits. These problems tend to be especially important for adolescents with diabetes as the effects of poor sleep complicate health outcomes. This case example concerns a 14‐year‐old adolescent girl with a history of type I diabetes and stress‐related sleep difficulties. Treatment included cognitive–behavioral methods and hypnotic relaxation therapy. Results of this case example and other controlled research suggest that hypnotic relaxation therapy is well accepted, results in good compliance, and serves as a useful adjunctive to cognitive–behavioral intervention for sleep problems. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol: In Session 66:1–11, 2010.