Psych Essentials

Episode 30- Sleep Medications

Psych Essentials

Show Notes

In today’s episode of our psychopharmacology series, we will discuss insomnia and treatments for insomnia. Most of the time, sleep medications are not the solution for addressing insomnia! We’ll briefly describe cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), which is THE first line treatment for insomnia. We will then review 6 different classes of medications used […]

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