Reset your snooze button: how to beat insomnia

Sleeplessness can blight people’s lives, but until recently it has not been taken seriously. What causes it and how can it be treated?Part of The Ultimate Guide to Sleep: a special supplement appearing in The Guardian on SaturdayI have spent the last 30-plus years trying to understand and find the best solution for the phenomenon of insomnia. Having spoken to countless thousands of patients and research participants, I know that being unable to sleep when you need to, and when you want to,