Intérêt des thérapies comportementales et cognitives dans différentes insomnies : à propos de cas cliniques

Other forms of chronic insomnia can benefit successfully from that approach, usually in addition to a spécifie treatment of the initial disorder. The following clinical case studies sbow the interest of the behavioral and cognitive techniques in the treatment of chronic insomnia. We have chosen case reports of outpatients treated in a hospital setting in Quebec and in France, These patients followed a structured protocol based on stimulus control, sleep restriction, cognitive restructuring and educational component. These techniques were successfully applied to three types of secondary insomnia including restless legs syndrome, insomnia in an apneic patient treated by continuous positive airway pressure and insomnia due to sleep misperception.