Altered Sleep-Wake Cycle Symptoms-Schema therapy

• Kaplan and Sadock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry: Chapter 16 Normal Sleep and Sleep-Wake Disorders
• Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology: Chapter 11 Disorders of Sleep and Wakefulness and Their Treatments
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine. (2017). Practice guidelines.
• JPS Health Network. (n.d.). Insomnia screening questionnaire (PDF).
• National Sleep Foundation. (2017). Sleep disorders.
• Neidert, E. M. (2013). Sleep-wake disorders (PDF). In L. G. Leahy & C. G. Kohler (Eds.), Manual of clinical psychopharmacology for nurses (pp. 215–234). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.
• Phillips, K. (2015, April 3). Epworth Sleepiness Scale: A helpful screening tool for sleep disorders. Fort Worth, TX: Author.
• Sleep Disorders Center at SHANDS Jacksonville. (n.d.). Sleep disorder questionnaire (PDF).
Required Resources
• CloudSharePsy. (2011, April 30). Schema therapy – Narcissism traits part 1 (session 1) (14:30 minutes) [Video file]. Schema Therapy transcript.
• TEDx Talks. (2012, March 18). A sleep epidemic: Charles Czeisler at TEDxCambridge 2011 (12:39 minutes) [Video file]. Sleep Epidemic transcript.
• TEDx Talks. (2013, Oct. 21). Sleep deprivation & disparities in health, economic and social wellbeing: Lauren Hale at TEDxSBU (18:02 minutes) [Video file]. Sleep Deprivation transcript.
• TEDx Talks. (2015, May 29). Purpose(fully) living with narcolepsy | Angie Collins | TEDxYouth@TCS (13:19 minutes) [Video file]. Narcolepsy transcript.

Discussion Board 14.1:

Altered Sleep-Wake Cycle Symptoms-Schema therapy

  1. Is the identified modality applicable to use with adults and older adults who have altered sleep-wake cycle disorder? Why or why not?
  2. Discuss the importance of helping patients to manage their altered sleep-wake symptoms using non-pharmacological psychotherapeutic techniques such as schema therapy. What are potential complications if these symptoms are not well managed?

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