Sleepio is a digital sleep-improvement program featuring cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques developed by sleep scientist Colin Espie and ex-insomnia sufferer Peter Hames. Sleepio was tested in a randomized placebo-group clinical trial in 2012.Colin A. Espie, Simon D. Kyle, Chris Williams, Jason C. Ong, Neil J. Douglas, Peter Hames, June S. L. Brown, “A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of online cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic insomnia disorder delivered via an automated media-rich web application”, Sleep, June 2012. In a commentary on this research published by The Lancet, Sleepio was described as “a proven intervention for sleep disorders using the internet”. Mike Moore, “Looking for a good night’s sleep”, The Lancet, July 2012. The journal Nature described Sleepio as “about as effective as CBT delivered in person”. Crow, J. M., “Insomnia: Chasing the dream”, Nature, May 2013. History Sleepio is the first program from Big Health, the behavioral medicine company co-founded by Professor Colin Espie and Peter Hames.Steve O'Hear, “Big Health, the startup behind Sleepio, raises $12M to scale delivery of non-drug mental health solutions”, Techcrunch, July 2016.
Sleepio is a digital sleep-improvement program featuring cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques developed by sleep scientist Colin Espie and ex-insomnia sufferer Peter Hames. Sleepio was tested in a randomized placebo-group clinical trial in 2012.Colin A. Espie, Simon D. Kyle, Chris Williams, Jason C. Ong, Neil J. Douglas, Peter Hames, June S. L. Brown, “A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of online cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic insomnia disorder delivered via an automated media-rich web application”, Sleep, June 2012. In a commentary on this research published by The Lancet, Sleepio was described as “a proven intervention for sleep disorders using the internet”. The journal Nature described Sleepio as “about as effective as CBT delivered in person”. History Sleepio is the first program from Big Health, the behavioural medicine company co-founded by Professor Colin Espie and Peter Hames.Steve O'Hear, “Big Health, the startup behind Sleepio, raises $12M to scale delivery of non-drug mental health solutions”, Techcrunch, July 2016.
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Mike Moore, “Looking for a good night’s sleep”, The Lancet, July 2012.
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Crow, J. M., “Insomnia: Chasing the dream”, Nature, May 2013.
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