Sleep problems are very common in people with traumatic brain injury and not just after severe injuries. Recent research from Monash University has looked in to mechanisms via which sleep problems may occur after head injuries and strategies that can be used to improve symptoms. In this episode Moira and David talk with Dr Natalie Grima, Clinical Neuropsychologist, about her experience working with people with traumatic brain injury and sleep problems.

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

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Audio Timeline:

• 00:00 - 01:03 Introduction
• 01:03 - 04:19 What's news in sleep?
  • Sleep Down Under planning
  • Golden Door – Guest speaker program on sleep
• 04:19 -33:07 Theme - Sleep in Traumatic Brain Injury
  • 04:19 – 06:41 Introduction
  • 06:41 -27:43 Interview – Dr Natalie Grima
  • 27:43 – 28:02 More information in sleep in traumatic brain injury
• 28:02 – 29:19 Clinical tip: Working with people with traumatic brain injury
• 29:19 -39:20 Pick of the month:
  • 29:19 – 31:10 David – Evening types, SSRIs and light sensitivity
  • 31:10- 33:20 Moira – Sleep schedules and school performance in indigenous children
  • 33:20 – 36:16 Natalie - Beta-amyloid accumulation in the brain after sleep deprivation
• 36:16 – 37:42 What's coming up in sleep?

Next episode: Sleep 2018 meeting

Links mentioned in the podcast: 

• Sleep Down Under
• Golden Door Health Retreat - Guest speakers
• Daily Telegraph article on sleep retreats
• UpToDate article on traumatic brain injury and sleep
• Sleep disturbances in traumatic brain injury: a meta-analysis
• Circadian melatonin rhythm following traumatic brain injury
• Melatonin for sleep disturbance following traumatic brain injury
• SSRI efficacy and eveningness type
• Sleep schedules and school performance in Indigenous Australian children
• Beta amyloid and sleep deprivation
• Sleep Down Under meeting- Brisbane October 2018

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