Stimulus Control for Insomnia (1972)

Record 017 · Rest · 1972

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Stimulus Control for Insomnia

Richard Bootzin

“Bootzin's rules that made insomnia a behavioral protocol: bed, clock, leave, return.”

If you cannot sleep, get up. The bed is not for worry. Stimulus control is still the first brick of CBT-I.

Opened sleep as a conditioned protocol.

Official site
  • Bed-sleep pairing
  • Leave-the-bed rule
  • Foundation of CBT-I

The bed is for sleep.