Promoting Healthy Sleep

Overview:

There is tremendous misinformation about sleep in the popular press and in the pop psychology genre.  Every year there is a new fad which very soon drifts away when a new one emerges that supposedly improves the sleep. In fact, many people are unknowingly using sleep aids that lead to unhealthy sleep. Many of these efforts result in depression and even dementia. This webinar outlines the important factors regarding sleep and how to promote healthy sleep and mental health.

Why should you Attend:

Everyone spends one third of their lives asleep. However, most people are sleep deprived or try to get to sleep through medications or other counterproductive methods. Good quality sleep is critical for overall health and mental health.

Areas Covered in the Session:

• Good quality sleep consolidates new memories and may help erase remove unessential memories; how dreams may contribute to memory-consolidation
• • Removal of Neurotoxins:  new data indicate that a major function of sleep is to remove harmful waste products, e.g., amyloid, a factor associated with Alzheimer’s disease
  • Cortisol:  poor quality sleep or insufficient sleep disrupts stress hormones including cortisol and undermines the prefrontal cortex and its role in decision-making and emotional regulation
  • Guidelines for Better Sleep: regulation of temperature, sleep scheduling, light exposure, meal times and nutrients, and thoughts that keep us awake; applying cognitive approaches to enhance sleep

Who Will Benefit:

• Everyone