Clinical Mastery - The Triad of Sleep, Stress & Immune Dysfunction ( 2 x 60 minute sessions) - 2022

Session 1 Sleep, stress & immune dysfunction: breaking the triad for our patients

It is estimated that episodes of insomnia and other sleep disturbances are experienced by 50% of the population. Poor sleep is associated with an increased risk of physical and mental health conditions and can adversely affect immune health. Sleep disturbances are also associated with increased treatment resistance. Therefore, learning effective ways to assess and treat insomnia and other sleep disturbances is essential for health practitioners.

In this masterclass, Clinical Psychologist Dr Adrian Lopresti reviews the interconnection between poor sleep, immunity, stress, and mental and physical health; and the psychological, biological, lifestyle and environmental causes of sleep disturbances. Assessment tools to help practitioners identify causes of poor sleep are covered, and evidence-based treatment options for insomnia covered. These include a review of psychological, pharmaceutical, dietary, lifestyle, and nutraceutical options that target individualised causes of sleep disturbances in our patients.

Presented by Dr Adrian Lopresti

Session 2 The Psychologist & the Naturopath: a case of generalised anxiety & sleeplessness

Dr Adrian Lopresti and Shiki Coppola translate the research highlights and patient management insights from Session 1 Sleep, stress and immune dysfunction: breaking the triad for our patients into actionable insights that you can effortlessly integrate into your clinical practice. Dr Lopresti and Shiki offer you the rare opportunity to experience the complementary perspectives and practices of an integrated Psychologist and a Naturopath as they take you through a real-life clinical case study and demonstrate the effective clinical management of generalised anxiety and insomnia.

This online 75-minute masterclass is founded on a real-life clinical case study to ensure you return to your clinic with greater confidence supporting patients experiencing sleep and immune disturbance due to stress and anxiety. 15 minutes of the session is dedicated to Q+A.

Learning objectives:
• Explore the interconnected relationship between sleep, stress, immunity, and mental and physical health
• Understand the multi-factorial causes of poor sleep and assessment tools to identify the drivers of sleep problems in our patients
• Learn about evidence-based integrative treatments for sleep problems, including psychological, pharmaceutical, dietary, lifestyle, and nutraceutical treatments

Presented By: Dr Adrian Lopresti and Shiki Coppola

CPD information:
ANTA/ATMS/CMA/NHAA – Each session is 1 hour of learning.

* The content of Clinical Mastery is intended to provide high level information for healthcare professionals and may not include all relevant information in relation to medications/drug interactions/product ingredients. Specific and tailored advice is required for each patient.

** Please note that this webinar is only open to Australian healthcare professionals and/or students who meet the BioCeuticals account application requirements.