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AASM Membership Sections Newsletter
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Issue #7
SUZANNE E. GOLDMAN, PHD, CBSM, APRN
Dr. Suzanne E. Goldman, PhD, CBSM, APRN,
received her PhD in Epidemiology from the
University of Pittsburgh with an emphasis on
sleep and aging. She is board certified as a family
nurse practitioner by the ANCC. She is certified
in Behavioral Sleep Medicine by the AASM. As an
assistant professor in the Department of Neurology,
Sleep Disorders Program at Vanderbilt University
Medical Center, the focus of her practice was
sleep disorders with a special interest in insomnia.
Her research has emphasized the association of
sleep and daytime function across the lifespan, in
populations ranging from older adults to children/
adolescents with autism. She has recently relocated
with her family to the Olympia area of Washington
State, where she continues her interest in insomnia
and other sleep issues.
MIGUEL A. SÁNCHEZ-GONZÁLEZ, MD, PHD
Dr. Miguel A. Sánchez-González, MD, PhD, is a
psychiatrist working in Consultation & Liaison
Psychiatry at the Fundación Jiménez Díaz Hospital
in Madrid, Spain. He is also Associate Professor
of the Department of Anatomy, Histology and
Neuroscience at the Universidad Autónoma de
Madrid. After graduating Medical School at the
Universidad de Salamanca in 1998, he obtained
his PhD in Medicine at the Medical School of the
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid working on the
neuroanatomy of the dopaminergic innervation
of the primate thalamus. He then did his clinical
specialization in Psychiatry at the Hospital de
Móstoles (Madrid) and soon after started working
his current position at the Fundación Jiménez Díaz.
He is part of the Sleep Multidisciplinary Unit at the
Fundación Jiménez Díaz, where he specializes in
treating insomnia and circadian rhythm disorders.
In addition to the AASM, he is also a member of the
Society for Neuroscience and the Spanish Society
for Neuroscience. Dr. Sánchez-González is a member
and part of the Board of Directors for the Spanish
Society of Psychosomatic Medicine.
IMRAN KHAWAJA, MD
Dr. Imran S. Khawaja, MD, FAASM graduated
from King Edward Medical University, Lahore,
Pakistan. He completed his residency in Psychiatry
at Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical
College, Valhalla, NY. He completed a fellowship
in Sleep Medicine at Center for Sleep Medicine at
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Dr. Khawaja is affiliated
with the Department of Neurology at University
of Minnesota School of Medicine. He is medical
director of Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders
Center (MRSDC) at Hennepin County Medical
Center, Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Khawaja is interested
in the complex relationship between sleep and
psychiatric disorders.
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Although this study is done in young people, the conclusion can be
extrapolated to people of all ages. Moreover, any other electronic
devices, such as electronic heaters, electronic blankets, dehumidifiers,
humidifiers, or electronic fireplaces, are fine to be placed in the
bedroom as long as they are not emitting bright light and annoying
noise. The optimal room temperature and humidity required for good
sleep will be achieved through the involvement of these electronic
devices. Moreover, radio or CD players playing smooth music in
bedroom are encouraged for those with psychophysiological insomnia
or anxiety.
REFERENCES:
1.
Adachi-Melia AM, TXT me I’m only sleeping: adolescents with
mobile phones in their bedroom, Fam Community Health, 2014;
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Sevil Sahin et al, Evaluation of mobile phone addition level and
sleep quality in university students, Park J Med Sci. 2013; 29 (4):
913-918
3.
Amanda L Gamble et al; Adolescent Sleep patterns and night-
time technology use: results of the Australian broadcasting
corporation’s big sleep survey, published in November 12, 2014.
PLoS one, 2014; 9 (11): e111700
SLEEP HEALTH OR HEALTHY SLEEP: WHAT WE
NEED TO DO ABOUT IT
MIGUEL ÁNGEL SÁNCHEZ GONZÁLEZ, MD, PHD
Westerns societies are increasingly paying attention to the importance of
a healthy lifestyle. Promoting exercise, having a healthy diet and avoiding
the use of tobacco and other drugs are the main pillars of a healthy life as
promoted by authorities and assumed by societies. Sleep is hardly taken
into account in this equation, though lack of good sleep is known to have
negative consequences in metabolic, cardiovascular and psychological
health, as well as in road and transportation safety, just to give some
important examples. But lack of sleep health not only impacts our health
and lives, it also poses a clear burden to our economy. The economic
burden of insomnia has been estimated to be 6,6 billion canadian dollars
only in the province of Quebec, Canada (1). The highest portion of this
huge cost was due to loss of productivity (5 billion).
As defined by Buysse
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, “sleep health is a multidimensional pattern of
sleep-wakefulness, adapted to individual, social, and environmental
demands, that promotes physical and mental well-being. Good sleep
health is characterized by subjective satisfaction, appropriate timing,
adequate duration, high efficiency, and sustained alertness during waking
hours”.
