Sleeping like an adolescent? Professor Mary Carskadon (Brown University, USA) – a leader in the field of adolescent sleep research – recently gave a talk in Adelaide titled “Teen sleep: Too little and too late.” This perfectly captures the common issue experienced by so many a...

Published Jun 2017

Improving sleep with cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia Chronic insomnia is a debilitating condition affecting about 10-15% of the Australian adult population (The American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2014; American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Appleton et al., 202...

Published Sep 2022

When we think of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), it is often the social struggles, communication difficulties and behavioural challenges that come to mind. What is less known is that over two thirds of children with ASD also experience debilitating sleep disturbance (Liu, Hubb...

Published Jun 2017

Disordered sleep in elite athletes – possible solutions Lana McCloughan conducted the first research project on the sleep strategies implemented by the Australian Headquarters Psychology Team at the London Olympic Games. Ruth Anderson was the Head of Psychology Services for...

Published Jun 2017

Over the past 2 years, the APS and the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA) have worked together to provide insomnia and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for insomnia (CBTi) education to over 2,000 Australian psychologists. This webinar forms part of a series informed by feedback...

The APS hosts this on-demand activity with the APS College of Clinical Psychologists. 40% of families have children who do not sleep well. Poor sleeps impacts the entire family not just the child, and can have significant negative effects on the mental health of the child a...

The quantity and quality of an individual's sleep can influence how they feel, how they perform at work, school or at other activities, and how they interact with others. This sleep diary can be used as homework by a client to gather information about their daily sleep patt...

Last reviewed Aug 2017

A first baby in the household brings with it many challenges, the most common being that of parental sleep disruption due to the child’s night waking (France & Blampied, 1999). Whilst typically developing infants (under six months old) need to be fed overnight, the challenge f...

Published Jun 2017

Insomnia is associated with reduced therapy effectiveness Sleep disorders and headache problems are highly prevalent and frequently comorbid, but are seldom taught in university psychology curricula. A team of clinical psychology staff and students from Griffith University ...

Published Sep 2020

Teenagers with high social media use at bedtime suffer disturbed sleep, which in turn leads to depressed mood, according to new research being presented at the Australian Psychological Society’s 50th Annual Conference on the Gold Coast this week. Murdoch University PhD cand...

Published Oct 2017