CBT for Insomnia - Employers and EAPs

Insomnia affects one-third of adults and is associated with considerable annual costs to employers and employees:

• A sleeping pill prescription is written for an average of 1 in every 3 employees
  
• Sleeping pills and physician-related visits cost employers/insurers $15 per employee
  
• Absenteeism and reduced performance costs are $3200 per employee with insomnia

These costs can be reduced significantly with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT is now recommended as the treatment of choice for insomnia by the National Institutes of Health and the New England Journal of Medicine. CBT improves sleep in 80% of patients; is more effective than sleeping pills; eliminates sleep medication use in almost 50% of patients; and, has no side effects. Sleeping pills are only marginally effective, impair daytime performance, and are expensive.

Dr. Jacobs's internationally recognized CBT insomnia program was developed and tested in his National Institutes of Health-funded research and clinical work at Harvard and the U. of Massachusetts Medical School with over 10,000 patients. Peer-reviewed publications show that this program is more effective than Ambien and reduce/eliminates sleeping pills in 90% of patients.

Dr. Jacobs's CBT program is now available in online, interactive format. The online program is highly effective for reducing and eliminating sleep medication in 90% of patients. It includes five PDF-based treatment sessions; weekly individualized CBT instructions; electronic (e-mail) sleep coaching/Q&A; a library of insomnia focus articles and study reviews; and, introductory license rates that are less than the annual cost of five nightly users of Ambien to their employers. Licensing renewal includes an upgrade to a Flash-based program, content updates, and an online Healthy Sleep program for all employees. Telephonic sleep coaching is available as the second line of treatment. There is no other program that offers this comprehensive level of expertise for reducing the costs of insomnia effectively and inexpensively.

For more information, please contact Dr. Jacobs at info@cbtforinsomnia.com