Monday, April 27, 2009

Can't sleep because of the exams?


This is a common phenomena and pretty much universal. However, once the exams are over things tend to settle down and we get back to normal routine.

But for many of our patients, sleep is a huge problem, either because of their mental illness, or the effects of medication, or both.

We have been running SleepSchool, a full day workshop that speaks to this important topic and made possible by an educational grant from CSL Laboratories. The feedback has been overwhelming after we held successful workshops in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. We are planning for more workshops but want to hear about what you’d like to know about sleep Psychiatry. Feel free to talk to Alyssa at the RANZCP conference in Adelaide in 2009. She’ll be based at the CSL stand.

Interestingly, there will be a symposium on sleep disorders as part of the RANCZP program. This symposium has not been organised by CPD Formulations but encompasses the key themes of the SleepSchool series, and you may notice the same speakers. We think it’s a great thing that psychiatrists are talking more about sleep!

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