Overview

Sleep disturbance and insomnia are common, and adolescence is a period associated with normal physiological and environment changes that can disrupt sleep. Adolescence is therefore a vulnerable period for the onset of common sleep difficulties, and these often precede the onset of mental health problems and specifically depression. In this webinar, I will provide an overview of healthy and disturbed sleep in adolescence, I will cover the consequences of sleep disturbance in this age group and examine the relationship between sleep and depression. I will then turn my focus to the assessment and treatment of sleep difficulties in teenagers, and provide an overview of the key strategies included in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia, which is an effective treatment for a range of sleep disturbances.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this event, participants should have:

• Knowledge of the key changes that occur during adolescence to increase risk of sleep disturbance.
• Develop an understanding of the relationship between sleep disturbance and depression.
• Develop an understanding of the evidence-base for CBT-I.
• Examine CBT-I concepts, including stimulus control, sleep restriction, and cognitive restructuring and reducing hyperarousal.

Presenter(s)

Dr. Aliza Werner-Seidler

About the presenter(s)

Aliza Werner-Seidler is an Associate Professor and Clinical Psychologist at the Black Dog Institute, UNSW and leads the Adolescent Mental Health research group. She completed her PhD at UNSW Sydney, before undertaking postdoctoral training at Cambridge University (UK). Aliza’s research interests include the prevention and treatment of youth insomnia, depression and anxiety, and the use of digital interventions to improve access to evidence-based treatments. She has published over 100 manuscripts and has co-developed and evaluated several digital interventions to support teenagers experiencing sleep and mental health problems (Sleep Ninja, ClearlyMe). Aliza also leads a large longitudinal cohort study into risk and protective factors for adolescent mental health (Future Proofing Study) with a goal of enhancing our knowledge about novel ways to reduce the risk and impact of mental ill-health in young people.

Notes

Registration includes access to the recording and slides of the presentation.

Target Audience

This event is aimed at any psychologist working with adolescents and young people.

Duration of Access

This event will be recorded. The recording will be emailed to all registered within 2 weeks post event and available for viewing up to 90 days.

CPD

It is up to attendees to assess and determine how learning from this event aligns with the requirements of their learning plan. The providers accordingly do not make any representation that the event counts towards attendees’ CPD learning requirements. If an attendee determines themselves that the learning they complete aligns to their learning plan, then they can decide to count those hours towards their CPD requirements for the registration cycle.

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