Can Poor Sleep Cause Mental Illness? with Prof Sean Drummond

Today we continue speaking with Professor Sean Drummond, a Cognitive Neuroscientist and Clinical Psychologist at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health at Monash University.

In part 2 of our conversation, we explore the relationship between poor sleep and mental illnesses - how one can be caused by the other. We talk about cognitive based therapy for insomnia (CBTI), the current gold standard for the treatment of poor sleep, medication for insomnia and the role that it has in treatment. Finally we circle around to the resources available to help people with poor sleep, and some tips to achieve better quality sleep.

Resources:

The Australasian Sleep Association (offers a list of providers)

https://www.sleep.org.au/

The Sleep Health Foundation

https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/sean-drummond