Researchers at the University of Kentucky are the first in the country to study whether an app for insomnia could help stop the rise in alcohol abuse.
"If we can use this intervention in this population, who also tend to have a lot of sleep issues and knock out two public health problems at once, then we really feel like we can be doing a lot of good," said Mairead Moloney, a researcher at the University of Kentucky.
The app is called Sleep Healthy Using the Internet or Shut-I. Past studies have shown it works well for improving people's sleep."Shut-I is actually decreasing alcohol consumption in these individuals which is noteworthy because Shut-I is not an alcohol intervention, so it really is focusing entirely on sleep with some information about how drinking could disrupt your sleep, but it's that's not the focus at all.
"Not only can it help get people who would otherwise not seek treatment... also maybe especially helpful for women because women are especially less likely to seek treatment and alcohol-specific settings compared to men," said Justin Verlinden, a researcher at the University of Kentucky The Shut-I app is currently only available to researchers. However, there's a similar FDA-approved app a doctor can prescribe to patients.
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