Dreaming. We all do it, but what is it really? Are all dreams the same? Do they have meaning? How should we think about dreams and do they influence clinical management of sleep disorders? We talk dreams and dreaming with Dr Jennifer Windt (Philosopher) and Dr Curt Gray (Psychiatrist).

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep. Brought to you by SleepHub.

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Audio Timeline:

• 00:00 - 00:51 Introduction
• 00:51 -  06:53 What's in the news about sleep?
• 06:53 - 42:30 Theme: Dreams
  • 09:40 - 30:01 Guest interview - Jennifer Windt: What are dreams?
  • 30:01 - 39:47 Guest interview - Curt Gray: A psychiatrist's perspective on dreams
  • 39:47 - 41:36 Image rehearsal therapy (IRT)
  • 41:36 - 42:11 More information on dreams
• 42:11 - 44:04 Clinical tip of the month - AIM model
• 44:04 - 44:36 Pick of the month: David - The Dream Drugstore
• 44:36 - 45:35 Pick of the month: Moira - Reboot your life - ABC
• 45:35 - 46:30 What's coming up in the next month?

Next episode (December 5th 2016): Let it Go

Links mentioned in the podcast:

• Phoebe's Fall - Investigative podcast series
• Sleep Health Foundation
• Sleep Down Under 2016 - meeting home page
• Sleep Down Under 2016 Day 1 - meeting highlights
• Sleep Down Under 2016 Day 2 - meeting highlights
• Sleep Down Under 2016 Day 3 - meeting highlights
• Lucid dreaming in narcolepsy - Research paper on dreaming in narcolepsy
• Dreaming: A Conceptual Framework for Philosophy of Mind and Empirical Research - book by Dr Jennifer Windt
• Dreams and Dreaming - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• The Brains Blog - articles on dreaming by Dr Jennifer Windt
• Open MIND - MIT Press
• The Interpretation of Dreams - Sigmund Freud
• Guidelines for the treatment of nightmare disorder in adults
• AIM model - excerpt from The Dream Drugstore
• AIM model - diagram from Nature Reviews Neuroscience
• The Dream Drugstore - book by J. Allan Hobson
• Reboot your life
• Sleep 2017 - Boston June 3-7 2017
• World Sleep Congress - Prague Oct 7-11 2017
• Sleep Down Under 2017 - Auckland Oct 26-29

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