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The Assessment and Treatment of Insomnia Across the Lifespan

PSYCH 1150

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Sleep is a core biological function, an inherent process that is both physiological and psychological, and one that affects us over our entire lifespan. Sleep plays a vital role in alertness, learning, memory, concentration, mood and health. Research strongly supports that sleep disturbance is a sensitive index of psychopathology and is highly comorbid with most psychiatric disorders, suggesting the importance of assessing and treating sleep disturbances across psychological diagnostic categories. 

Fortunately, insomnia is a very treatable condition at any age. The most durable and effective treatment does not require medication. Cognitive behavioral treatment for insomnia (CBTi) builds on basic behavioral techniques and incorporates interventions directed at reducing sleep anxiety, cognitive activity (i.e., racing thoughts) and modifying the sleep schedule. In this workshop, you get an introduction to the factors that contribute to insomnia across the life span and the essential features of its cognitive-behavioral assessment and treatment. Your focus in the workshop is on the assessment and treatment of insomnia in children, adolescents, adults and the elderly, and includes role-playing, exercises and video to demonstrate and practice the key strategies of the treatment approach.

There are over 80 different types of sleep disorders, but by far the most common is insomnia. Insomnia consists of difficulty initiating sleep, difficulty staying asleep or reinitiating sleep after awakening. Insomnia can emerge at any point in our lifespan. Insomnia may emerge in infancy or childhood. While medical conditions may lead to sleep difficulties, more typically such early insomnia emphasizes the role of learning in sleep patterns. As children reach adolescence, they are likely to experience a delay in their sleep phase due to hormonal changes and emerging social behaviors. In young adults, insomnia may occur as they enter the work world but continue to exist on a college schedule—staying out late on the weekend and sleeping in the next morning. Although we do experience changes in physiological sleep need as we age in adulthood, most insomnia in older adults is associated with medical conditions—pain in particular—and medications rather than lost sleep need. 

Learner Outcomes

Upon completion of this workshop, you should be able to:

  1. Identify the common factors that maintain insomnia across the life span
  2. Assess factors that maintain insomnia across the life span
  3. Describe typical cognitive strategies to treat insomnia across the life span
  4. Describe typical behavioral strategies to treat insomnia across the life span
  5. Examine key strategies of treatment approaches for insomnia
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This course applies to the following programs:

Professional Program in Aging and Mental Health

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Required Workshops

  • Assessment and Treatment of Mental Illness in Older Adults
  • Clinical Case Seminar

Electives

  • Addressing Alcohol and Drug Problems in the Treatment of Anxiety and Mood Disorders
  • Aging and Long-Term Care: Update for Clinicians
  • Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Loss: Working With Families
  • Alzheimer's, Other Dementias and Difficult Geriatric Behaviors: Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment for Improving Quality of Life
  • Art Therapy With the Elderly
  • Assessment Tools for Screening of Dementia
  • Caring for People With Alzheimer's and Other Forms of Dementia: The Role of the Health Advocate
  • Clinical and Ethical Approaches to End-of-Life Care
  • Contemplating the End: Understanding the California End of Life Options Act
  • Differentiating Effects of Depression and Dementia
  • The End of Life Option Act: What Mental Health Clinicians Need to Know
  • Introduction to Geriatric Neuropsychology and Long-Term Care
  • Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Diagnostics of Dementia
  • The Role of Spirituality and Religion in Our Work with Grief
  • Screening, Assessment and Treatment of Dementia
  • Geriatric Health Care Advocacy
  • The Assessment and Treatment of Insomnia Across the Lifespan

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Professional Program in Child and Adolescent Treatment

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Required Courses

  • Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment
  • Treatments That Work: Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents

Electives

  • The Assessment and Treatment of Insomnia Across the Lifespan
  • The Assessment and Treatment of Insomnia in Teens
  • Child Neuropsychology
  • Childhood Anxiety Disorders: Cognitive-Behavioral Assessment and Treatment
  • Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Anger and Aggression in Youth
  • Launching Without Drugs Onboard: Preventing and Treating Adolescent/Young Adult Substance Abuse
  • Trauma Informed Care and Social Justice: Supporting Youth Impacted by Toxic Stress and Trauma
  • The Trauma of Loss and Grief With Children, Youth and Families
  • Trauma, Loss, Grief and Resilience: Helping Children, Youth and Families Thrive
  • Treatment of the Traumatized Child
  • Understanding and Treating Self-Injury
  • Understanding and Treating the Trauma of the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
  • Using Age-Appropriate Expressive Art Interventions With Adolescents
  • Using Age-Appropriate Expressive Art Interventions With Children
  • Using Age-Appropriate Expressive Art Interventions With Children and Adolescents

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Professional Program in Evidence-Based Therapy for Anxiety and Mood Disorders

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Required Workshops

  • Clinical Case Seminar
  • Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for Mood Disorders
  • Pharmacological Approaches in the Treatment of Anxiety and Mood Disorders
  • A Universal Treatment for Anxiety, Panic and Fear

Electives

  • Addressing Alcohol and Drug Problems in the Treatment of Anxiety and Mood Disorders
  • Applications of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
  • The Assessment and Treatment of Insomnia Across the Lifespan
  • The Assessment and Treatment of Insomnia in Teens
  • Childhood Anxiety Disorders: Cognitive-Behavioral Assessment and Treatment
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment in the Assessment and Treatment of Depression and Anxiety in Women
  • Dealing With Depressed and Suicidal Clients
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Panic Disorders and Specific Phobias
  • Culturally Tailored Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment in the Assessment and Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Adults
  • Differentiating Effects of Depression and Dementia
  • Evaluation and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Tourette Syndrome Disorder and Trichotillomania
  • Integrating Mindfulness Into Your Professional Practice
  • Narrative Therapy to Undermine Anxiety and Depression
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Assessment and Treatment
  • Time-Limited, Solution-Oriented Interventions With Anxiety and Mood Disorders
  • Trauma, Loss, Grief and Resilience: Helping Children, Youth and Families Thrive
  • Treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Body Dysmorphic Disorder
  • Treatment Models for Addictions and Co-Occurring Disorders Among Women
  • Understanding and Treating Self-Injury
  • When the Past Is Present: Transference as a Resource for Change

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Accrediting Associations

  • American Psychological Association (APA) 6.0 hours 6.0 hours
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