Sleep and Brain Injury
Sleep is everything. Sleep, or the lack of it can significantly impact brain function for everyone, and individuals are particularly at risk after brain injury. Accurate assessment of sleep disorders is critical in addressing residuals as is appropriate behavior management. This presentation discusses:
Sleep and dementing disease, and how less sleep chemically increases the spread of pathology
Various sleep disorders after brain injury
The criticality of assessment of sleep disorders
Approaches to behavioral health management of sleep problems
Presenter:
Kim Gorgens, PhD, ABPP, Professor, University of Denver
Dr. Gorgens is an expert in assessment and management of healthy, aging, and injured brains and oversees a large portfolio of TBI research. She has lectured extensively on brain injury (including her 2010 TED talk on youth sports concussion and a 2018 TED talk on brain injuries in criminal justice).Her work has been featured in US News, Newsweek, Salon.com and many others. She is board certified in Rehabilitation Psychology and is the Vice President of the American Board of Rehabilitation Psychology.
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