Insomnia success suggests we need more nuanced mental health support

The standard “one size fits all” approach to diagnosing and treating mental health problems is failing. Personalized treatments can make a big difference

Few things can be more debilitating than going to bed after a long, tiring day and not being able to fall asleep. The more you try to fall asleep, the more difficult it becomes: a vicious cycle of unwanted wakefulness that takes a significant toll on the lives of millions.

But it doesn’t have to be this way, because a new, more nuanced understanding of insomnia has made it a solvable problem, as we report in our cover story on page 38. Behind this improved understanding is the recognition that there is no kind of insomnia but many: a deviation from the “one size fits all” standard…