News

Study Shows Brief Individualized Counseling Program Can Improve Sleep in Older Adults

Study Shows Brief Individualized Counseling Program Can Improve Sleep in Older Adults

A recent article in U.S. News & World Report featured the work of Daniel J. Buysse, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science and Co-Director of the University of Pittsburgh Sleep Medicine Institute. In this study, Dr. Buysse and his colleagues found that a brief individualized counseling program was effective in treating insomnia in two thirds of the older adults enrolled in the project. To read the full article, please go to: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/sleep/articles/2011/01/24/brief-behavioral-counseling-may-help-seniors-sleep.