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
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From Sleep Disorders to Sleep Health



Instructors: Ronald Chervin, MD, MS
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What you'll learn
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.
Skills you'll gain
- Health Assessment
- Cultural Diversity
- Physiology
- Patient Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Gerontology
- Human Development
- Preventative Care
- Health Disparities
- Mindfulness
- Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP/BiPAP)
- Diagnostic Tests
- Clinical Assessment
- Biology
- Social Determinants Of Health
- Mental Health
- Stress Management
- Chronic Diseases
- Health Equity
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