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The UCLA Insomnia Clinic is a unique program that provides effective behavioral treatments of insomnia based on the extensive research by clinician scientists at the UCLA Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology with the support of the UCLA  Mindfulness Awareness Research Center (MARC)

 

Our Services and Treatments

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The UCLA Insomnia Clinic provides behavioral treatments for insomnia that do not involve medications. Sleeping medications can be beneficial in a short term but can cause adverse effects and may not properly treat insomnia in a long term. For example, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), a behavioral treatment, is the first-line treatment with the proven short-term and long-term efficacy as recommended by the American College of Physicians. Additionally, we have extensively studied Mindfulness-Based Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (MBBT-I), and our research has shown that this behavioral treatment is as efficacious as CBT-I with a greater patient acceptability.

Our clinic provides:

  • Initial evaluation by a physician with expertise in insomnia and psychiatric disorders
  • Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) by an experienced doctoral-level board-certified clinical psychologist
  • Group Mindfulness-Based Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (MBBT-I) by an experienced doctoral-level board-certified clinical psychologist

Our clinic provides:

  1. Initial evaluation by a physician with expertise in insomnia and psychiatric disorders
  2. Group cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) by an experienced doctoral-level board-certified clinical psychologist
  3. Group mindfulness-based behavioral therapy for insomnia (MBBT-I) by an experienced doctoral-level board-certified clinical psychologist

Please click here to download our clinic brochure


Referral and Appointment

300 UCLA Medical Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095

We work in close collaboration with the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center. If you would like to be evaluated for treatment at the UCLA Insomnia Clinic, please ask your current treating physician to refer you to one of the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center sites throughout the Los Angeles Area (Westwood, Santa Monica and Torrance).

If your doctor is a UCLA physician, the referral can be made by entering "Referral for Sleep Consultation" into the UCLA electronic health record program, CareConnect.

If your doctor is not affiliated with UCLA, the referral can be made using the UCLA Physician Referral Service (call, fax, or email):

  • Phone: 800-UCLAMD1 (310-825-2631)
  • Fax: 310-301-5391
  • Email: [email protected]
Please click here to download our clinic brochure

Location and directions

UCLA Insomnia Clinic
300 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90095

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Insomnia and Comorbid Sleep Disorders

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Insomnia is a common sleep disorder characterized by difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep despite having enough opportunity to sleep, leading to distress and impairment.

Insomnia may exist independently or occur in the setting of other sleep disorders that require different evaluation and treatment strategies than those provided by the UCLA Insomnia Clinic (the following links will take you to UCLA resources).

  1. Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  2. Restless Leg Syndrome
  3. Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
  4. Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder
  5. Parasomnia
  6. Narcolepsy

For more information on the evaluation and treatment of these sleep disorders, please visit the website of the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center.

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