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Sep 8, 2026
Chris van TullekenHOST
And today, Zandi, we're talking about something that we've spoken a little bit about before.
Chris van TullekenHOST
It affects a huge number of people, sleep disorders.
Xand van TullekenHOST
So all of us at some point have some issue with sleep, but more than a quarter of us meet the criteria for actually having a sleep
Chris van TullekenHOST
disorder.
Chris van TullekenHOST
That's right, Zandi, and that's when sleep problems become a serious issue for health and well-being.
Chris van TullekenHOST
It can have an impact on our families, friends, even colleagues.
Xand van TullekenHOST
In today's episode, we're going to dig into the different types of sleep disorders, how they can be addressed, and what healthy sleep looks like.
Xand van TullekenHOST
Chris, today we're talking about sleep disorders.
Crystal MayGUEST
And you're going to start looking at things, but without any of that training.
Crystal MayGUEST
every dentist and hygienist in the country already has the tools that they need to screen patients for sleep disorders.
Crystal MayGUEST
And I think if there was one takeaway of this entire conversation would be that It doesn't take equipment.
Crystal MayGUEST
It doesn't take software.
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Crystal MayGUEST
Yeah.
Crystal MayGUEST
I sometimes say there's so many, but there's just under a hundred.
Crystal MayGUEST
Like there are so many sleep disorders and, And obstructive sleep apnea happens to be the most common.
Crystal MayGUEST
And it's one of the reasons I think Dr. Stacey and I are so passionate about this is it involves dentistry.
Michael SilberHOST
Post-traumatic stress disorder following military service or civilian traumas is an increasingly recognized contributor to mental health disability in our society.
Michael SilberHOST
More than 90% of patients diagnosed with PTSD have sleep disturbances.
Michael SilberHOST
To discuss these symptoms and the role of the sleep specialist in their management, My guest today is Dr. Bhanu Kohler, professor of psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and a board-certified specialist in both sleep medicine and addiction medicine.
Michael SilberHOST
Bhanu, let's start with the highly distressing trauma-related nightmares characteristic of PTSD.
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Bhanu KollaGUEST
So insomnia is extremely common in post-traumatic stress disorder.
Bhanu KollaGUEST
Like you quoted, it's as high as 90% of patients.
Bhanu KollaGUEST
I would say in clinical practice, it's almost a given, 100% who have sleep disturbances of some form or another.
Bhanu KollaGUEST
Like with most conditions in psychiatry, it's a bidirectional relationship.
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Thank you for listening to this episode of the VJ Neurology podcast.
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Head over to vjneurology.com for more expert interviews and updates on narcolepsy and other sleep disorders.
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And stay tuned for our coverage of Sleep Europe 2026, which we will be attending in October.
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RupertHOST
I'm going to have to, I'm going to have to start talking about it when people are there.
RupertHOST
I'm going to say I have a sleep disorder.
RupertHOST
This is why I have bed rails.
RupertHOST
It keeps me safe.
Danny LewinHOST
So it's really critical the timing of our sleep as well as the duration of our sleep.
Danny LewinHOST
So sleep and circadian health refers to, this was coined at the NIH and is defined as practicing optimal sleep and circadian habits and identifying and treating sleep disorders.
Danny LewinHOST
And we won't get into all the sleep disorders.
Danny LewinHOST
We can certainly answer a couple of questions on those.
Danny LewinHOST
But identifying treating sleep disorders is very important.
Danny LewinHOST
There have been several champions of sleep over the years and just calling them out and acknowledging them.
Danny LewinHOST
Arianna Huffington, LeBron James has been a great advocate for sleep health.
Danny LewinHOST
testing new ideas and scenarios and resolutions interestingly you know rinpoche law and the tradition of dream and sleep yoga address this issue as well using your dreams to really travel and in fact some of the new research suggests that this is actually a thing and is very very important and may be one of the important reasons for dreaming sleep There's calibration of immune or recalibration of immune and metabolic function, neuronal brain cell electrical activity.
Nicholas ZwarGUEST
Of course, 2020 was during the pandemic, so perhaps not typical of what general practice sees happening.
Nicholas ZwarGUEST
now, but sleep disorders are very common presentations for GP appointments.
Nicholas ZwarGUEST
They were then, and I think they still are now.
Nicholas ZwarGUEST
And you can see from what it says here that GPs told us, that is the college at that time, that the most common patient presentations during the pandemic were psychological, e.g. sleep depression and sleep disturbance.
Nicholas ZwarGUEST
And interestingly and importantly, Where insomnia was recorded as a reason for presentation, about 90% of times a hypnotic sedative prescription was recorded as well.
Nicholas ZwarGUEST
So where insomnia was diagnosed or treated, it often was with a hypnotic or sedative prescription.
Nicholas ZwarGUEST
As part of the Centre for Research Excellence in Sleep Disorders, which both Alex and I were part of, we did some work looking at GPs' experience of assessing and treating insomnia.
Nicholas ZwarGUEST
And this was qualitative interviews with GPs from around Australia, led by Jenny Haycock and Nicole Grivell, both pictured there, involving a range of other people, including, as I said, myself and Alex, but also Doug McEvoy.
Nicholas ZwarGUEST
Of course, 2020 was during the pandemic, so perhaps not typical of what general practice sees happening.
Nicholas ZwarGUEST
now, but sleep disorders are very common presentations for GP appointments.
Nicholas ZwarGUEST
They were then, and I think they still are now.
Nicholas ZwarGUEST
And you can see from what it says here that GPs told us, that is the college at that time, that the most common patient presentations during the pandemic were psychological, e.g. sleep depression and sleep disturbance.
Nicholas ZwarGUEST
And interestingly and importantly, Where insomnia was recorded as a reason for presentation, about 90% of times a hypnotic sedative prescription was recorded as well.
Nicholas ZwarGUEST
So where insomnia was diagnosed or treated, it often was with a hypnotic or sedative prescription.
Nicholas ZwarGUEST
As part of the Centre for Research Excellence in Sleep Disorders, which both Alex and I were part of, we did some work looking at GPs' experience of assessing and treating insomnia.
Nicholas ZwarGUEST
And this was qualitative interviews with GPs from around Australia, led by Jenny Haycock and Nicole Grivell, both pictured there, involving a range of other people, including, as I said, myself and Alex, but also Doug McEvoy.
Andrew ColskyHOST
Wow.
Andrew ColskyHOST
So share with us then specifically the types of, because we're talking about sleep, the types of sleep disorders that you might see.
Kelly DardeenGUEST
We see a lot of insomnia.
Kelly DardeenGUEST
Typically, sleep is one of the first things to become disrupted after stress.
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Andrew ColskyHOST
Boy.
Andrew ColskyHOST
So let's get into some of the technicalities, though.
Andrew ColskyHOST
What is shift work sleep disorders?
Kelly DardeenGUEST
So oftentimes, you know, your brain sleeps a certain way.
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