Follow along this series of video podcasts to learn more about various aspects of insomnia, from re-evaluting insomnia as only a nightime problem to treatment and evaluating efficacy of treatment. 

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​Listen to Dr. Michael Thorpy, a Sleep Medicine Specialist and Professor of Neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discuss daytime impairments associated with insomnia.

Listen to Dr. David Neubauer, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, discuss the use of antidepressants to treat insomnia.

Listen to Dr. Alon Avidan, Professor of Neurology and Director of the Sleep Disorders Center at UCLA, discuss the long-term management of patients with chronic insomnia, including current recommendations and guidelines.

Listen to Dr. David Neubauer, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins, discuss the perspectives of patients as they navigate through the treatment options for insomnia.

Listen to Dr. Ashgan Elshinawy, President of Pulmonary & Sleep Disorders of New Jersey, discuss insomnia treatments and considerations when evaluating their effectiveness.

Presenters: Dr. Vaughn McCall, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University and Dr. Nathaniel Watson, Professor of Neurology at the University of Washington School of Medicine

Guidance From the Alliance for Sleep

Watch Drs. McCall and Watson discuss best practices and recommendations from sleep experts among the Alliance for Sleep about switching or deprescribing hypnotic medications for insomnia.

Presenter: Dr. Chris Lettieri, Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Watch Dr. Lettieri discusses the daytime impacts of insomnia and walks us through the creation, validation, and use of the IDSIQ, the first patient-reported outcome tool created specifically for the daily assessment of daytime function in insomnia.

Presenter: Dr. David P Shaha, a sleep physician at the University of Iowa

Watch Dr. Shaha summarizes his publication, which provides a review and update of current insomnia management.

Watch a short video about the insomnia disease state, including the mechanism of disease, diagnosis, and burden of chronic insomnia disorder

Watch a short video about the role of the orexin system in promoting and consolidating wakefulness as well as the changes in orexin levels throughout the day.