Sleep medicine for mental health and general practitioners

This course for clinicians in primary care and mental health settings examines ways to develop a pragmatic, clinically oriented approach to recognising, assessing, and managing common sleep problems - and which medicines can help.

There is increasing awareness of the importance of sleep to living healthy lives, and many patients report significant distress and disability related to their sleep. Nonetheless, sleep medicine is infrequently part of medical school curricula, and there is an urgent need to provide better assessment and treatment.

On the course you will gain an understanding of normal sleep, and bust some of the myths and hype around sleep. It will be delivered by specialists in sleep, using a blend of lectures, interactive exercises, and case studies. It requires no previous experience in sleep medicine.