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Sleep Troubles: Insomnia to Hypersomnia
In the Primary Care outpatient setting, physicians will encounter patients with symptoms that may be related to sleep disorders. A significant portion of the population suffers from both insomnia and hypersomnia. Physicians may not have the tools or knowledge to properly evaluate these patients and perform a proper diagnostic workup. Physicians may not feel comfortable with prescribing a controlled substance as treatment related to sleep to patients and knowing about non-pharmaceutical treatments would be helpful to manage these patients. This presentation will cover many of these concerns and should improve care of patients.
Following the completion of this lecture, the participant will be able to:
- Define insomnia
- Discuss the epidemiology/pathophysiology of insomnia
- Employ assessment tools for insomnia
- Explain a typical differential diagnosis
- Summarize non-pharmacologic treatments
- Describe cognitive behavioral therapy options
- Identify pharmacologic treatment options
- Compare and contrast the clinical presentations of central disorders of hypersomnolence
- Describe the pathophysiology of central disorders of hypersomnolence
- Review standard diagnostic criteria for central disorders of hypersomnolence
- Compare and contrast management options for central disorders of hypersomnolence
Fred Lindsay
Dr. Lindsay is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed a Surgery Internship and Otolaryngology Interim Residency at Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA. After Undersea Medical Training at Naval Undersea Medical Institute in Groton, Connecticut, he completed an Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery Residency at Naval Medical Center San Diego. He currently practices Otolaryngology and Sleep Medicine at Hampton Roads ENT and Allergy.
Disclosures: None
