PsychEd Episode 53: Insomnia with Dr. Michael Mak

<p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This episode covers the Journey Through Stages of Sleep with Dr. Michael Mak, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, and an Adjunct Research Professor at Western University.</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class="">The learning objectives for this episode are as follows:</p> <p class=""> </p> <ol data-rte-list="default"> <li> <p class="">Understand the basics of sleep physiology, including the stages of sleep</p> </li> <li> <p class="">Recognize the clinical features of insomnia disorder using the ICSD-3 and DSM-5-TR criteria </p> </li> <li> <p class="">Develop an approach to the assessment of insomnia </p> </li> <li> <p class="">Identify the pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for insomnia disorder </p> </li> </ol> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class=""><strong>Guest</strong>: Dr. Michael Mak (Staff Psychiatrist)</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class=""><strong>Hosts</strong>: Dr. Vanessa Aversa (PGY4), Andreea Chiorean (CC4), Sena Gok (IMG)</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class=""><strong>Audio editing by</strong>: Sena Gok</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class=""><strong>Show notes by</strong>: Sena Gok</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class=""><strong>Contents:</strong></p> <p class="">Introduction:  0:16</p> <p class="">Learning Objectives:  01:49</p> <p class="">Definition and  Clinical features of insomnia (ICSD-3 and DSM-5-TR criteria):  02:39</p> <p class="">Insomnia prevalence, cost effects:  05:25</p> <p class="">Sleep physiology:  10:05</p> <p class="">Stages of Sleep:  11:37</p> <p class="">Changes in Sleep stages during Insomnia:  14:35</p> <p class="">Melatonin/Orexin systems:  15:45</p> <p class="">Assessment and diagnosis of Insomnia:  21:00</p> <p class="">Risk Factors of Insomnia: