Say Good Night to Insomnia

Gregg D. Jacobs

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The bestselling guide to curing insomnia without drugs by "a pioneer" of the field, now updated with the latest research (The Wall Street Journal)

For the past ten years, sleep-deprived Americans have found natural, drug-free relief from insomnia with the help of Dr. Gregg D. Jacobs’s Say Good Night to Insomnia.

Jacobs’s program, developed and tested at Harvard Medical School and based on cognitive behavioral therapy, has been shown to improve sleep long-term in 80 percent of patients, making it the gold standard for treatment. He provides techniques for eliminating sleeping pills; establishing sleep-promoting behaviors and lifestyle practices; and improving relaxation, reducing stress, and changing negative thoughts about sleep.

In this updated edition, Jacobs surveys the limitations and dangers of the new generation of sleeping pills, dispels misleading and confusing claims about sleep and health, and shares cutting-edge research on insomnia that proves his approach is more effective than sleeping pills.

Say Good Night to Insomnia is the definitive guide to overcoming insomnia without drugs for the thousands of Americans who are looking for a healthy night’s rest.

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Say Good Night To Insomnia
PART IGetting Started1You Can Say Good Night to InsomniaBedtime is approaching and Alan is dreading it. He knows what tonight will bring: the torment of another night of insomnia.Each night has become agonizingly familiar. Exhausted, Alan gets into bed and turns out the lights to go to sleep, only to lie wide awake. The harder he tries to fall asleep, the more he tosses and turns and the more tense and frustrated he feels. With the realization that he can't fall asleep comes a distressing wave of anxiety and stressful thoughts

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Barney  rated it  
May 30, 2008
An excellent book about the causes of and treatment of insomnia.
Using the techniques in the book, I overcame a bad bout of insomnia within 3 weeks, with no drugs required.
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Christie  rated it  
Mar 15, 2011
I've had insomnia off and on for the last four years. It usually goes away with exercise. However, it came back a week before I started my new job two months ago and exercise didn't do a thing. I went through the first four weeks (plus the baseline week) of this program and felt like it made a hu ...more
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Jgknobler  rated it  
Nov 30, 2010
This book was handed to me by a patient--which I never really appreciate: the demand to do several hours of unpaid work or be seen as uncaring. But I do tend to fall for this kind of blackmail, and I actually liked this book, which is a good all-over review of cognitive behavioral techniques (changi ...more
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Gregg D. Jacobs

Gregg D. Jacobs, Ph. D., is an insomnia specialist at the Sleep Disorders Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. As a senior scientist at Harvard’s Mind/Body Medical Institute and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, he spent almost twenty years treating and researching insomnia. More information on the studies supporting his program is available on his Web site, www.cbtforinsomnia.com.

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Say Good Night to Insomnia
Gregg D. Jacobs

Trade Paperback

Trade Paperback
Henry Holt and Co.
Holt Paperbacks
September 2009
Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780805089585
ISBN10: 0805089586
5 1/4 x 8 inches, 256 pages
$16.99

Hardcover

Hardcover
Henry Holt and Co.
January 1999
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780805055474
ISBN10: 0805055479
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 240 pages
$23.00

Trade Paperback

Trade Paperback
Henry Holt and Co.
Holt Paperbacks
November 1999
Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780805055481
ISBN10: 0805055487
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 240 pages
$15.00

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Henry Holt and Co.
September 2009
e-Book Agency
ISBN: 9781429932059
ISBN10: 1429932058
240 pages
$9.99
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