- Richard Bootzin
Dr. Richard Bootzin (born
February 25 ,1940 ) is a world famous clinical and research Psychologist renowned for his development of thestimulus-control treatment of insomnia in 1972.He received his undergraduate degree in Psychology from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1963. He received both his masters and doctorate degrees fromPurdue University in 1966 and 1968 respectively. His research focuses on understanding and treating sleep disorders, cognitive processing during sleep, the role of expectancy and placebos in behavior change, and methodology in evaluating intervention outcomes.Dr. Bootzin currently serves as a Professor of
Psychology andPsychiatry at theUniversity of Arizona in Tucson. His is also the Director of theInsomnia clinic of The University of Arizona Sleep Disorders Center at the University Medical Center and the Director of the Sleep Research Laboratory in the Psychology department.Honors
Board of Directors of the
American Psychological Society (APS),June 1 , 2004–presentPresident (1998 - 2001) and founding member (1995) of the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science [http://psych.arizona.edu/apcs/index.php] (APCS), Mentioned in an episode of the Doogie Howser show related to insomnia.Research
Current Research: Understanding cognitive processing during sleep and understanding the treatment of insomnia. The evaluation of whether teaching sleep-improvement techniques to substance-abusing adolescents reduces recidivism.
Past Research: In 1972, Bootzin developed the stimulus-control approach to treating insomnia. This approach is based on the assumption that both the timing (bedtime) and setting (bed/bedroom) associated with repeated unsuccessful sleep attempts, over time become cues that maintain the insomnia. As a result, the goal of this treatment is to re-associate the bed and bedroom with successful sleep attempts. Stimulus control achieves this by curtailing sleep-incompatible activities in the bed and bedroom and by establishing a consistent sleep-wake schedule. (taken from the American Insomnia Association)
Family
Richard Bootzin married Maris Pittelman on
December 27 ,1959 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They have two daughters, Debbie and Lainey, and six grandchildren, Jennifer, Melissa, Alex, Dan, Skylar and Sydney.Authorship
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