Senior Program Manager Primary Care Development Corporation New York, New York
Many health professionals have a complex relationship with their own sleep habits, echoed also in challenges identifying and supporting the sleep health of patients. During the pandemic, sleep problems have worsened by over 440% among healthcare workers including behavioral health providers. The impact of poor sleep among patients and staff alike often manifests in treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, worsening chronic pain and even increased likelihood of suicide. This presentation will link and include real-life lessons from the year-long SAMHSA Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions learning series: Solving for Sleep- including aggregate feedback from over 2,000 healthcare professionals engaged in addressing the sleep of the nation.
Learning Objectives:
The impact of sleep on behavioral health, physical health and overall wellbeing and the barriers of poor sleep quality in clinical care.
Critically evaluate the realities of personal perceptions about sleep and the impact on professional burnout and patient care
Immediately actionable tools and strategies to change personal and professional narratives on sleep and improve sleep-related interventions.
