Healthy sleep is essential to good physical and mental health. If you or someone you know has ever struggled with sleep, daytime alertness, or has recently been diagnosed with a sleep disorder, From Sleep Disorders to Sleep Health can be a helpful guide. In this course, you’ll explore the importance of sleep and the barriers that can prevent effective sleep. You will learn how sleep needs, functions, and vulnerabilities can differ dramatically across the human lifespan, from childhood to adulthood. Take a closer look at how specific sleep problems affect diverse populations as defined by gender, race, ethnicity, environment, or common health conditions. Finally, you’ll examine the main types of sleep disorders, from symptoms and testing to diagnosis and treatment. From Sleep Disorders to Sleep Health should appeal to anyone interested in sleep as one of the main pillars of health and wellness, providing insight into one of the most prominent aspects of our lives.
From Sleep Disorders to Sleep Health
Instructors: Ronald Chervin, MD, MS
Sponsored by Barbados NTI
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Learn the benefits of healthy sleep and barriers that commonly interfere with that goal.
Learn how sleep changes across the lifespan and for people with diverse backgrounds, environments, or illnesses.
Understand the causes, symptoms, tests, and treatments for a range of common and impactful sleep disorders.
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There are 5 modules in this course
In this module, you will be introduced to the course and learn the basics of healthy sleep.
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4 videos3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
In this module, you will learn about how to obtain healthy sleep and what barriers to healthy sleep exist.
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10 videos3 readings1 assignment
In this module, you will learn about sleep across the lifespan from infancy to older adulthood.
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12 videos1 reading1 assignment
In this module, you will learn about sleep for diverse populations, environmental challenges to sleep, and the relationship between sleep and various health conditions.
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11 videos2 readings1 assignment
In this module, you will learn about common sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea, chronic insomnia disorder, and narcolepsy.
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19 videos5 readings1 assignment
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