Mobile app-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia: Feasibility and initial efficacy among veterans with cannabis use disorders

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Babson, Kimberly A ^a   Ramo, Danielle E ^b   Baldini, Lisa ^a   Vandrey, Ryan ^c   Bonn Miller, Marcel O ^a,d,e  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; CBT I; Intervention; Marijuana; Sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 85056027432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.3852     Document Type: Article

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