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Introduction Paradoxical intention (PI) is an insomnia treatment developed in the 1970s, which instructs patients to gently attempt to remain awake while in bed at night with the lights off. Previous research indicates PI’s potential in improving insomnia, although no study has been conducted in the last few decades during which the insomnia diagno...