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• Insomnia is the most common mental health problem in the UK.

• One in ten people will suffer from chronic insomnia at some point in their lives.

• Transient insomnia – short-term sleeping problems (usually lasting only a few days). Often caused by one-off changes in your sleep cycle, such as long-distance travel and jet lag, or illness. This is by far the most common type, and accounts for about 75 per cent of all cases of insomnia.

• Short-term insomnia – sleeping problems caused by a more prolonged period of stress, due to, say, financial problems or marital break-up. This can last for weeks.

• Chronic insomnia – the often inevitable result of untreated short-term insomnia. It can last for months, and, in rare cases, years. It is a long-term problem that often recurs.