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Book Review: The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World
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The Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Older Adults
No full textInsomnia is a common sleep disorder encountered in older adults which causes many difficulties in daily life. Given safety concerns with sedative-hypnotic pharmacotherapy, behavioural treatments including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) are preferred in the elderly. We have provided an updated evidence review of CBT-I in this population. A rapid review of randomized controlled trials evaluating CBT-I interventions in adults aged 60+ was conducted using a search of the databases PubMed and PsycINFO, returning 21 articles for analysis. Specific CBT-I interventions including individual, group, therapist-led, and self-guided formats were evaluated. Trials for novel formats including telehealth CBT-I were also assessed for subgroup analyses involving older adults. Quantitative (total sleep time, sleep efficiency, insomnia severity, etc.) and qualitative (participant feedback, etc.) outcomes were assessed. The research showed steadfast evidence for the effectiveness of CBT-I as the preferred intervention for insomnia disorders in the elderly. It also showed the promising results of self-help, group and virtual modes of delivery of CBT-I which may help alleviate accessibility concerns to the service in the future. This represents a key area for further work to improve access to insomnia interventions in older adults
Teacher Leadership-even more – transformational teacher leadership
Full text linkToo many scholars and leadership writers profess that leadership is hard to define. Leadership, simply put is the act of influencing the direction of others. Either as the result of a formal role, such as a school principal, of the more collegial form wherein persons of equal authority influence one or the other. There are two broad themes reflect in this journal: leadership that is inclusive of others in the system and leadership that empowers others in the system and linked to teachers as leaders