Main description:

This practical book provides evidence-based and safe techniques for behavioral sleep disorders. It follows a streamlined approach to delivery of care and offers tools to partner with a new provider, ensuring solutions are presented in a structured manner. Each chapter focuses on behavioral approaches to a specific sleep disorder and features key points and resources for additional insights.

Practical and easy-to-read, this book is the ideal companion for sleep medicine and behavioral sleep medicine (BSM) fellows, and newly board-certified sleep medicine and BSM specialists. This book is also ideal for primary care physicians and residents. Furthermore, those studying for board-certification, and in training, can utilize the book's tools to follow the clinical approach to the concepts they are learning about.

Contents:

1. CBT-I Section

Worksheets and clinic talking points for:

- Sleep hygiene

- Sleep restriction

- Stimulus control

- Relaxation strategies,

- Worry-time

- Cognitive restructuring

- Maintenance and relapse prevention

Additional items in the CBT-I section

- Sleep log

- Intake and follow-up note-taking

- Medication taper planning

- Full case example - notes for all sessions

2. Pediatric BSM

*Note: CBT-I Section is also relevant Pediatric BSM - sleep logs are used here, intake/follow-up forms are relevant, and CBT-I sessions can be used for older children and teens where CBT-I is warranted

Worksheets and clinic talking points for:

- Sleep hygiene

- Standard and graduated extinction

- Bedtime pass

- Evening schedule

- Behavior chart

Additional items in the Pediatric BSM section

- Parent sleep log

3. Actigraphy

Clinic talking points and actogram example

4. CPAP

Worksheets and clinic talking points for:

- CPAP desensitization

- Motivational enhancement

5. Imagery Rehearsal Therapy

Worksheets and clinic talking points for:

- Nightmare psychoeducation

- Positive imagery

- Rescripting

- Troubleshooting rescript

- Maintenance and relapse prevention

6. CBT for Nocturnal Panic

Worksheets and clinic talking points for:

- Rule-outs and referrals

- Psychoeducation on nocturnal panic

- Cognitive therapy

7. CBT for Night Eating Syndrome

Worksheets and clinic talking points for:

- Rule outs and referrals

- Psychoeducation

- Scheduled meals

- Response prevention

8. Parasomnias

Worksheets and clinic talking points for:

- Rule outs and referrals

- Night terrors

- Sleepwalking

- Nocturnal enuresis

9. Behavioral Sleep Medicine Exam Resources

- Reference list provided by Society for Behavioral Sleep Medicine

- List of accredited BSM fellowships

- Application - requirements and form

- Board exam contact information