Sleep researchers invited to a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy conference in Karlstad
The Örebro sleep researchers PhD Serena Bauducco, PhD Annika Norell and Osame Salim were invited by the Swedish Association of Behavioural Therapists (Beteendeterapeutiska föreningen) to present their research during the symposium "Alone in the dark: When sleep is abscent". The moderator was another Örebro researcher: Siri Jakobsson Störe.
Serena Bauducco summarized the distractions in the form of various forms of entertainment that help or hinder the night's sleep for anxious teenagers. She concluded that the only "harmless" night entertainment was reading books.
Osame Salim and Annika Norell defined how paradoxical intention in insomnia can be used and presented some preliminary results from their recent study. Paradoxical intention means instructing patients to lie awake with their eyes open in bed, with the aim to hinder unhelpful attempts to fall asleep. The technique is easy to test and therefore has the potential to be widely distributed.
The presentations led to interesting questions and discussions about what is required for a good night's sleep.
From left to right: Siri Jakobsson Störe, Osame Salim, Serena Bauducco & Annika Norell.