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This seminar recording examines the rates and types of sleep problems identified in the military population, highlighting current research findings on this topic. It then covers clinical strategies and interventions for assessing, treating, and managing non-deployment and deployment-related sleep problems, including insomnia. The emphasis is on common sleep disturbances that emerge in theater, the ensuing psychological, behavioral and health implications, and educational, cognitive, and behavioral components of treatment that can be used during or after deployment.
OBJECTIVES
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Increase knowledge about the prevalence and kinds of sleep problems experienced by military personnel
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Review clinical strategies and interventions to assist service members with sleep problems
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Provide research to support specific sleep interventions
OUTLINE
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Statistics from PDHRA on sleep concerns in AD, ANG, AFRC & Armed Forces; sleep disturbance during deployment; terms and abbreviations
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Sleep Disturbance & PTSD
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SOL & Sleep Maintenance
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Nightmares; Prevalence Rates; Content
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Sleep Architecture & Stages; 1-3 Stages; REM
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Insomnia; Epidemiology; Types; Definition & Severity; DSM-IV and ICSD criteria, secondary insomnias, sleep state misperceptions, impact on well-being (psychological/behavioral/health correlates); conceptualization of insomnia
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Assessment of Sleep Disturbance and Insomnia; assessment & treatment during deployment; general assessment- non deployment; differential diagnosis
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Treatment of Sleep Disturbance & Insomnia (Non Deployment); educational components
ABOUT WILLIAM BRIM, Psy.D.
William Brim, Psy.D. known as Dr. William "Bill" Brim, is Deputy Director of the Center for Deployment Psychology at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. He is a decorated 10-year veteran of the United States Air Force. Dr. Brim received a BS in Clinical Psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He completed his residency and a post doctoral fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Brim was stationed in South Carolina, Mississippi and in the United Kingdom. He worked with deployed members in support of OIF/OEF and MEDFLAG exercises in Africa. Prior to becoming Deputy Director, he was providing supervision and training for psychology interns and professional staff at the Malcolm Grow USAF Medical Center at Andrews Air Force Base, MD as the Deployment Behavioral Health Psychologist for the Center for Deployment Psychology. The focus of Dr Brim`s clinical work, supervision and training is on deployment and redeployment related mental health issues, specifically assessment and treatment of combat-related PTSD. Additionally, Dr Brim focuses on health psychology clinical practice and supervision, the integration of mental health services in primary care and forensic psychology expert consultation and witness services.
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