Overview
This intensive two or three-day workshop provides detailed education about sleep and sleep disturbances. The workshop also includes an in-depth assessment of sleep disorders and empirically supported treatments for some of the common sleep disorders seen in military Service members. Trainings include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, Imagery Rehearsal Therapy for nightmares, treatments for sleep disordered breathing and pharmacotherapy for insomnia and nightmares.
Content
1. Statistics from PDHRA on sleep concerns in AD, ANG, AFRC, and Armed Forces
2. Sleep disturbance during deployment- terms and abbreviations
3. Studies on sleep during deployment
4. Overview of Sleep Regulation
a. Homeostasis
b. Circadian rhythms
5. Sleep architecture and stages
a. Non-REM states
b. Impact on mental illness
6. Importance of good sleep
a. Daytime consequences
b. Impact on mental illness
7. Introduction to Sleep Disorders
a. Insomnia
b. Sleep disordered breathing
c. Circadian rhythm disorders
8. Assessment of Sleep and Sleep Disorders
a. Clinical Interview
b. Self report measures
c. Actigraphy
d. PSG
9. Sleep disturbance and PTSD
a. Predictive power of sleep disturbance
b. Study on veterans with PTSD by Inman et al., 1990
10. Pharmacotherapy for Insomnia and Nightmares
11. CBTI
12. IRT
13. Treatments for Sleep Disordered Breathing
14. Shift work
15. Treatments for circadian rhythm disorders
Learning Objectives
1. To increase knowledge about the prevalence and kinds of sleep problems experienced by
military personnel.
2. To review clinical strategies and interventions to assist Service members with sleep problems.
3. To provide research to support specific sleep interventions.
Notes
None
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