Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia and Depression Among Menopausal Women

Considering physical and psychological problems that threaten women during the menopausal period, it seems that therapies that can help women cope with these problems, especially psychological ones, will be useful. The community mental health nurse is usually the first health professional whom women rely on to relieve their menopause symptoms. It is essential for the primary health care nurse to know how to properly approach women at this stage of their life and how to provide them the best and safe treatment. Because only limited interventional studies have been done to manage insomnia and depression among menopausal women in Egypt, the present study focused on reducing and insomnia and depression of menopausal women by using group Cognitive behavioral therapy. The current study aimed to examine the efficiency of group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for insomnia and depression among menopausal women.