Overcoming Sleep Problems

<B>Sleep disorders are really common at any age, and they often make your mood and your concentration much worse the next day.</B><BR><B><BR></B>Adolescence sees key changes in the amount of sleep you need, but also on the timing and duration of your sleep. Not getting your regular 8-10 hours of sleep can have an immediate and long-term impact on your learning and how you feel. This book is written to help you understand more about your sleep and how it changes as you get older.<BR><BR>Most sleep disorders have good treatments that can often work over just a few weeks. Even if you have had the problem for a long time. Written by a clinician with many years of experience working in sleep services with adolescents, this book follows an approach called cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), which is a really useful way of helping us to make sense of our experiences and overcome the difficulties that we face. CBT is an evidence-based approach, which means that lots of research has been done to evaluate it and show that it can be helpful.<BR><BR>This book uses case studies, engaging illustrations, exercises and accompanying online resources, and includes help and support on:<BR>· Understanding the way sleep works and why being asleep isn't lazy!<BR>· Effective techniques that will improve sleep quality, daytime mood and cognitive function.<BR>· Advice on delayed sleep phase syndrome, insomnia and parasomnia.<BR><BR>OVERCOMING FOR TEENAGERS is a series to support young people through common mental health issues during adolescence, using scientific techniques that have been proven to work.<BR><BR>Series editors: Associate Professor Polly Waite and Emeritus Professor Peter Cooper