Name
L13 - Managing insomnia in your practice
Date & Time
Saturday, October 18, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location Name
306C
Description

Recognising the extremely significant but often overlooked impacts that insufficient sleep can have on our cognitive, emotional and physical wellbeing this interactive workshop reviews what can happen to us when we don't get enough sleep. It presents a framework for understanding our sleep processes and then presents an approach to assessment and outlines the main treatment options

Speakers
Nick Kates MD, Psychiatrist, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Behavioral Medicine Topics such as insomnia or medication adherence
Session Type
Concurrent
Slideshow link
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Handout 1 Link
View Handout 1
Objective 1
Understand the common causes of insomnia and how it may present in primary care.
Objective 2
Utuilise a framework for the assessment of a sleep problem
Objective 3
Be familiar with the major approaches to managing sleep disorders, including CBT
Content Reference 1

Sateia, M. J., Buysse, D. J., Krystal, A. D., Neubauer, D. N., & Heald, J. L. (2017). Clinical practice guideline for the pharmacologic treatment of chronic insomnia in adults: An American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 13(2), 307–349.

Content Reference 2

Riemann, D., Baglioni, C., Bassetti, C., Bjorvatn, B., Dolenc Groselj, L., Ellis, J. G., ... & Spiegelhalder, K. (2017). European guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia. Journal of Sleep Research, 26(6), 675–700.

Content Reference 3

Morin, C. M., Bootzin, R. R., Buysse, D. J., Edinger, J. D., Espie, C. A., & Lichstein, K. L. (2006). Psychological and behavioral treatment of insomnia: Update of the recent evidence (1998–2004). Sleep, 29(11), 1398–1414.

Content Reference 4

Qaseem, A., Kansagara, D., Forciea, M. A., Cooke, M., Denberg, T. D., & Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians. (2016). Management of chronic insomnia disorder in adults: A clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Annals of Internal Medicine, 165(2), 125–133.