Care setting overview
Sleep Medicine
BH-SLPEvaluation and treatment of sleep complaints through integrated psychiatric, behavioral, medication, circadian, and medical assessment.
- Care model
- Interdisciplinary sleep evaluation and treatment
- Typical pace
- Scheduled assessment with sleep diaries, behavioral treatment, testing, and longitudinal response review
- Population
- Patients with insomnia, hypersomnolence, circadian disruption, parasomnias, sleep-related breathing or movement concerns, and psychiatric-sleep overlap
Common presentations
- Chronic insomnia, circadian rhythm disruption, hypersomnolence, and irregular sleep schedules
- Possible obstructive sleep apnea, restless legs, parasomnias, or medication-related sleep disturbance
- Sleep disruption associated with mood, anxiety, trauma-related, psychotic, substance-related, or neurocognitive conditions
PMHNP priorities
- Define the sleep pattern, schedule, environment, daytime effects, and treatment target
- Identify breathing, movement, neurologic, medical, medication, and substance contributors
- Use behavioral treatment when indicated and refer for sleep testing or specialty evaluation based on the clinical question
Care team
PMHNPs, sleep physicians, behavioral sleep clinicians, pulmonologists, neurologists, respiratory therapists, psychologists, pharmacists, primary care clinicians, and sleep technologists