Sleep psychologist explains nightmares, trauma, and sleep issues

How do you help your patients experiencing nightmares, trauma, and sleep issues? In this video, clinical psychologist Lara Barbir PhD is sharing her link between nightmares and trauma, how to treat nightmares, and clinical sleep tips for physicians and therapists.
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[@Cathy-xi8cb]

Most of the psychotropic medications that trauma survivors take have negative effects of sleep duration and sleep quality. Add in meds for non-related medical issues such as pain, and the chance of developing a sleep disorder is absolutely through the roof. And yet...no mention of this issue in the 45 minute presentation! You are emphasizing OSA and ignoring far too many other things that impact sleep. You also did not explain that IRT has to be designed to match the intensity and complexity of the level of distress in the nightmares in order to be effective. So...either get it right, or get someone else to interview.

[@IntraBalance]

Yes, there are lots of aspects to trauma and sleep and many nuances when navigating the complexities of both. Dr. Barbir's area of expertise and research is on OSA and PTSD in veterans, hence that was a focus of this discussion. There are loads more areas to explore in future videos. Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts.