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Insomnia and sleep - CBT perspective and content

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Dr Lim interviews Sleep Specialist, Dr Anup Desai, on:

  • The role of the sleep psychologist
  • Insomnia - learn how to take a detailed history and how this can lead us toward a nuanced diagnosis, and therefore a more appropriate management plan
  • How CBT is the first line treatment for insomnia, and it is far more than sleep hygiene

    • He continues with Clinical Psychologist, Rosemary Clancy, where they discuss:

    • How this podcast is essential listening for all health professionals who deal with patients who are desperate because they cannot sleep
    • Structuring consults to dissuade patients seeking medications and to pique their interest in seeking CBTi
    • What is the paradox of insomnia
    • How best to navigate forward with patients who are anxious and desperate because of their insomnia

      • Host: Dr David Lim | Total Time: 63 mins

      Guests: Dr Anup Desai, Sleep Physician and Rosemary Clancy, Clinical Psychologist

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