Improving Psychological and Physical Health Outcomes by Treating Insomnia and Sleep Disturbance

Insomnia and sleep disturbance are not confined to the night. Left untreated, they carry consequences that extend across mental health, physical disease risk, and quality of life, from depression and anxiety to cardiovascular and immune outcomes, cancer-related fatigue, and reduced daily functioning. While a great deal is known about whether treatments improve sleep itself, far less is understood about whether and how treating insomnia translates into measurable improvement in these broader psychological and physical health outcomes, and why that benefit varies so much from one patient to the next, and from one point in the course of the disorder to another. A precision medicine approach, identifying who benefits, from which treatment, and through what mechanism, offers a path to closing that gap. This Research Topic aims to advance understanding of how treating insomnia and sleep disturbance, whether behaviorally, pharmacologically, or in the context of comorbid medical and psychiatric illness, improves psychological and physical health outcomes, and what individual differences, across the natural course of the disorder and in response to treatment, explain variation in that benefit. We welcome Original Research, Reviews, and other article types addressing, but not limited to:● Psychological and physical health outcomes of treating insomnia and sleep disturbance, including mood, quality of life, and disease-specific outcomes● Insomnia and sleep disturbance treatment among individuals managing comorbid medical and psychiatric conditions, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, major depression, metabolic disorders, or chronic pain.● Individual differences across the natural course of insomnia and in treatment response, including sleep reactivity and stress-physiology (HPA-axis, cortisol) mechanisms that help explain who develops chronic insomnia and who benefits most from treatment● Comparative psychological and physical health benefits of different pharmacological and behavioral insomnia treatments● Variation in psychological and physical health outcomes of insomnia treatment across demographic and population groups● Adaptations to treatment dose, format, or delivery aimed at maximizing psychological and physical health benefit, not sleep improvement alone Topic editors: Alexandria Muench, Ivan Vargas Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/85375/improving-psychological-and-physical-health-outcomes-by-treating-insomnia-and-sleep-disturbance