CONTENTS
(1) What is insomnia?
(2) Authoritative online information
(3) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) Website
(4) Books and other websites
(5) Alternative approaches
(6) Medications for insomnia
(1) What is insomnia?
Insomnia is characterized by persistent difficulties in any of the following areas: falling asleep, staying asleep, early awakening, and/or a lack of refreshing sleep, and is accompanied by distress and/or a negative impact on daytime functioning or mood.
(2) Authoritative online information
Up to Date - Patient education: Insomnia (Beyond the Basics)
Up to Date - Patient education: Insomnia treatments (Beyond the Basics)
(3) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) Website
I have a separate website devoted to the "treatment of choice" for insomnia: CBT-I.
(4) Books and other websites
Carney, C. E., & Manber, R. (2013). Goodnight mind: Turn off your noisy thoughts and get a good night's sleep. New Harbinger. [Amazon]. This is an excellent guide to CBT for Insomnia.
Path to Better Sleep - online program offered by the Department of Veteran's Affairs
(5) Alternative approaches
Mindfulness and acceptance principles have shown some promise in alleviating insomnia. These approaches are complementary to CBT-I and may provide relief to those who have not achieved good results with CBT-I.
Meadows, G. (2014). The Sleep Book: How to Sleep Well Every Night.
Guy Meadows: The Sleep School
Orzech, C. P., & Moorcroft, W. H. (2019). Mindfulness for Insomnia A Four-Week Guided Program to Relax Your Body, Calm Your Mind, and Get the Sleep You Need. New Harbinger. This is an approach that is an alternative
(6) Medications for insomnia
My CBT-I website has a page devoted to medications that are associated with the treatment of insomnia.