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Issue #5
1. Preparation: Be sure your intakequestionnaire includes
questions that evaluatepossible insomnia and someof the
comorbidities; severityquestionnairesmay alsobehelpful
in followingupprogress. Some examples include:The
InsomniaSeverity Index (Bastien et al. 2001), PROMIS
™SleepDisturbance Index, orPROMIS™SleepRelated
Impairment(Yu et al. 2012;Arnedt 2012).
2. Build referral systems and test them; thismay include
psychiatrists, gynecologists (treatinghormonal imbalance
sometimes improves insomnia), primary carephysicians and
others.
3. Consider dedicatingone clinicday to treat only insomnia
patients.Newpatient visitsmaybe longer indurationon this
day to ensure adequate assessment.
4. Keep information aboutwhomight be certified inbehavioral
sleepmedicine inyour areaonhand. Seehttp://www.
behavioralsleep.org/FindSpecialist.aspx for an example.
5. Resources: In the absenceof a clinician towhom thepatient
canbe referred, there arewebsites tohelpwithdifferent
psychiatricproblems (mostly anxiety andmood), aswell
aswebsites tohelpwith sleephygiene andbasic insomnia
treatment recommendations.
Online InsomniaTreatments
For practitionerswithout access to skilled clinicianswho are
certified inBehavioral SleepMedicine, onlinedeliveryofCBT-I
maybe an effective alternative approach.Thenumber of studies
supporting the valueof online interventions for insomnia,
particularlyover the last year, has increased significantly. For
more informationononline treatment for insomnia, checkout the
following resources:
FreeWebsites
• Sleepeducation.org -
/
• Ecouch -
• National SleepFoundation -
/
Sites that Charge
• SHuti -
/
FreeApp
• TheVA’sCBTi coach
SLEEP2014Annual Meeting
May 31– June 4 |Minneapolis, MN
Wehope youwill consider checkingout the following courses, lunch
sessions, andgeneral sessions focusedon insomnia!
Saturday, May 31st
PostgraduateCourses
C01:Year-In-Review2014
8:00am–5:00pm
C02:Trends inSleepMedicine
8:00am–5:00pm
Sunday, June1st
PostgraduateCourse
C11: It isNot JustAboutTreating InsomniaAnymore: Expanding
theReachofBehavioral SleepMedicineAcrossDisorders and
ProviderTypes
8:00am–5:00pm
Monday, June 2nd
Meet theProfessor
M08: Successes andChallenges inDisseminatingBehavioral
Treatmentsof Insomnia
12:30pm–1:30pm
AnneGermain, PhD
Oral Presentation
D02: International Implementationof an Internet Intervention
for Insomnia
3:00pm–5:00pm
Tuesday, June 3rd
Meet theProfessor
M10: Fatal Familial Insomnia-PrionDisease: Past, Present and
Future
12:30pm–1:30pm
William Jet Broughton,MD
