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RESEARCHMedical PsychologyThis group has a particular interest in the use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to treat patients with insomnia and to improve adherence to therapies for OSA. Our group workshops for insomnia patients have been running since October 2003 at RPAH. Long term follow–up data from these workshops demonstrate that CBT is the most efficacious treatment for insomnia, improving total sleep time, and general sleep quality, and reducing sleep latency and waking after sleep onset. The group has also established the role of behavioural intervention in improving compliance with Positive Airway Pressure and excellent early results have resulted in a larger NHMRC-funded trial. This ongoing trial is targeted at the more ‘global’ deployment of these interventions in a non-research clinical setting. We have also become involved in other areas of research and we are looking forward to being an integral part of the treatment intervention. We have also been collaborating with Newcastle University and have established a CBT sleep intervention for chronic back pain patients.
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