Research Article: Preliminary study: cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia in adolescents with anorexia nervosa
Introduction:
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a particularly serious disorder beginning in most cases during adolescence [1] and with one of the highest all-cause mortality and suicide rates among psychiatric disorders [2]. Adolescence is indeed a sensitive period for the development of other disorders, such as insomnia [3, 4]. It has been suggested that this may be due to the combination of sleep maturation processes [5] with environmental factors [3, 4, 6]. Indeed, insomnia is a common and chronic disorder amongst adolescents [7],…
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