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A cognitive model of insomnia - an application in an elderly woman's presentation
Author(s)Kirstine Postma
Journal titlePSIGE Newsletter, no 82, February 2003
PublisherPsychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, February 2003
Pagespp 13-16
KeywordsSleep disorders ; Cognitive processes ; Depression ; Older women ; Case studies.
AnnotationIn Behaviour Research and Therapy (2002, pp 869-893), Alison Harvey proposed a comprehensive cognitive model of insomnia which takes the individual's daytime activities and behaviour into account. The author of the present article describes an attempt made to apply the model of insomnia, to help formulate and treat the sleeping difficulties of an older depressed woman patient. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-030314202 A
ClassmarkCTS: DA: ENR: BD: 69P

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