1.Application of cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia in treating psychiatric disorders
Jianyu QUE ; Sijing CHEN ; Jiahui DENG ; Tengteng FAN ; Le SHI ; Lin LU
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2022;31(1):82-88
Insomnia symptom is one of the most common types of sleep disturbances.Apart from being a risk factor for psychiatric disorders, insomnia symptom has been found to affect the course of psychiatric disorders and increase the relapse rate of psychiatric disorders.Therefore, insomnia treatment is beneficial to mitigate the psychiatric symptoms among chronic insomnia patients, which may help prevent mental health disorders.On the other hand, insomnia treatment for psychiatric patients is conductive to reduce the harm consequence in social function, which can help improving the prognosis of psychiatric disorders.Cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is a first-line treatment for chronic insomnia.This paper reviews the research progress on the efficiency of CBT-I on the psychiatric symptoms of chronic insomnia patients, as well as its application in comorbid psychiatric conditions.Findings from previous research suggested that CBT-I is effective to improve the psychiatric symptoms of insomnia patients through insomnia improvement, and it can also promote the remission of depression and anxiety symptoms, reduce the risk of substance disorder and suicide behaviors, and reduce the impairment of life quality and costs of treatment through insomnia improvement among psychiatric patients comorbid with insomnia, which indicated that CBT-I is a safe and effective treatment for insomnia symptoms in psychiatric patients.Moreover, this paper listed the contraindications and the decision-to-treat algorithm of CBT-I among psychiatric patients, as well as the CBT-I availability and adherence that limited the clinical application.More understanding of CBT-I is beneficial to provide support for a broad clinical application in mental health services.
2.Super-elderly treatment resistant depression patient treated with modified electroconvulsive therapy: a case report
Shan CHONG ; Na'na XIONG ; Tengteng FAN
Sichuan Mental Health 2025;38(1):84-88
The paper reported a case of super-elderly patient with treatment-resistant depression who underwent modified electroconvulsive therapy (MECT). The patient was an 87-year-old female presented to the hospital with an 8-year history of depressive disorder marked by intermittent episodes, who exhibited poor response to various antidepressants while achieved a significant improvement after receiving MECT. In the past two years, the patient experienced a recurrence of depression following life stress events. The condition showed improvement with the administration of MECT. However, after discontinuation of MECT, the depression relapsed multiple times, prompting rehospitalization for continued MECT to sustain clinical benefits. The patient demonstrated overall tolerable adherence to MECT. Based on research of domestic and international, this paper explored treatment options for super-elderly patients with treatment-resistant depression, aiming to provide insights into the application of MECT in the management of depression among super-elderly patients with depression. [Funded by National Key Research and Development Project (number, 2019YFC0118502)]