Sleep is a very big deal. Yet, despite fantastic scientific and technological achievements in the 21st century, extraordinary advances in the field of sleep medicine are largely unknown, ignored, or discounted by the vast majority of health care professionals.
Nowhere is this vacuum in clinical sleep knowledge more evident than in the treatment of mental health patients, who frequently complain about and struggle with sleep disorders.
Many suffering from mental health problems like anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as those with suicidal thoughts or behaviors, almost invariably agonize over co-existing diagnosable and treatable sleep disorders. Rarely are these conditions examined or understood through the lens of modern sleep medicine….