ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the role of behavioral sleep medicine assessment and its role within the context of primary care. It outlines the importance of direct inquiry about sleep within the primary care setting and present practical tools for assessing sleep disorders and related evidence-based treatment options. The chapter addresses the assessment of most sleep disorders and also focuses on insomnia, and shows that this is the primary sleep complaint within primary care and the sleep disorder in which behavioral sleep medicine providers can have the biggest impact. It discusses cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, because this is the recommended first line of treatment and is easily administered in primary care at different levels of intensity. The chapter also discusses the cognitive-behavioral approaches to insomnia, work to align patients' behaviors with the homeostatic and circadian processes. It also focuses on treatment approaches that address factors identified in the assessment that are believed to perpetuate patient's quality of sleep.
