In this webinar Dr Shahnaz Hassan (BSc, MBBS, MRCPsych) takes you through various aspects of sleep health that includes : History taking from a patient with a presenting complaint of poor sleep, Discussing non-medical management of sleep with patients, Re-framing perceptions and expectations of sleep.
Dr Shahnaz Hassan is a general adult consultant psychiatrist with a specialist interest in adult ADHD. She is a published researcher in the field of lifestyle medicine. Her practice in psychiatry takes a lifestyle approach aiming to equip people with lifelong personal resources such as regular physical activity, to manage their mental wellbeing. She is a qualified UK athletics coach, setting up & personally volunteering at a community based, weekly mental health support running and walking group (Run talk run & walk talk walk) and volunteers at the first NHS patient swimming group. She designed and delivers wellbeing workshops to health care staff. She lives by what she preaches and is a keen triathlete herself and encourages others to find their passions in life to help them reach their full potential.
The key learning outcomes from this course are
- Key questions when eliciting a history of poor sleep.
- The basic biology of sleep.
- Recap of the NICE recommendations on insomnia.
- What is good sleep hygiene?
- The role and limitations of medications.
