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#163 - Insomnia and Public Health: You're Looking Tired And More Than A Little Human

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Content provided by Chris Winter, MD, Chris Winter, and MD. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Chris Winter, MD, Chris Winter, and MD or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

We all think we know what insomnia is: trouble sleeping, tossing and turning, maybe staring at the ceiling until sunrise. But does the public really have a clear picture of insomnia and does that impact the massive health impact it has? In this episode, we will:

  • Explain how insomnia is not a single problem but a progressive condition, starting with a few rough nights and, in some, developing into a chronic disorder
  • Explore why insomnia is often a disorder of perception, where patients significantly underestimate how much they sleep
  • Review what studies show about actual sleep time in insomnia—based on polysomnography, actigraphy, and other objective measures
  • Identify how public misunderstanding of insomnia has contributed to ineffective treatments and persistent myths
  • Walk through a new six-level clinical framework for managing insomnia, from public health education to relapse prevention
  • Highlight why “doing nothing new” after a bad night may be the best form of early treatment—and why CBT-I remains the gold standard when things don’t resolve
  • Discuss the role of hyperarousal, sleep identity, and over-attention to sleep in making insomnia worse over time

Produced by: Maeve Winter
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Manage episode 498187104 series 3365942
Content provided by Chris Winter, MD, Chris Winter, and MD. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Chris Winter, MD, Chris Winter, and MD or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

We all think we know what insomnia is: trouble sleeping, tossing and turning, maybe staring at the ceiling until sunrise. But does the public really have a clear picture of insomnia and does that impact the massive health impact it has? In this episode, we will:

  • Explain how insomnia is not a single problem but a progressive condition, starting with a few rough nights and, in some, developing into a chronic disorder
  • Explore why insomnia is often a disorder of perception, where patients significantly underestimate how much they sleep
  • Review what studies show about actual sleep time in insomnia—based on polysomnography, actigraphy, and other objective measures
  • Identify how public misunderstanding of insomnia has contributed to ineffective treatments and persistent myths
  • Walk through a new six-level clinical framework for managing insomnia, from public health education to relapse prevention
  • Highlight why “doing nothing new” after a bad night may be the best form of early treatment—and why CBT-I remains the gold standard when things don’t resolve
  • Discuss the role of hyperarousal, sleep identity, and over-attention to sleep in making insomnia worse over time

Produced by: Maeve Winter
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Thanks for listening and sleep well!

  continue reading

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