Understanding, Preventing and Managing Sleep Disorders in Women
Tracking # 20-715861
$79.00
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What you'll learn
Participants completing this 6-hour program should be able to identify:
- How adrenal hormones including estrogen, progesterone, and cortisol contribute to poor sleep, depression, inflammation, and immune suppression.
- Ways to reduce pregnancy-related sleep disorders.
- Ways to reduce sleep disorders related to menopause and estrogen deprivation.
- Evidence-based non-pharmacological interventions for common and treatment-resistant sleep disorders.
Course overview
Learn how reproductive hormones and cortisol contribute to sleep disorders in women. Topics include mood, pregnancy, menopause, and the aging brain.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Certified Master Social Worker
6h
General
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
6h
General
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
6h
General
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
6h
General
Florida Board of Massage Therapy
Massage Therapist
6h
General
Florida Board of Nursing
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
6h
General
Licensed Practical Nurse
6h
General
Registered Nurse
6h
General
Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators
Nursing Home Administrator
6h
General - (must be in one of the Domains of Practice - Personnel, Finance, Marketing, Physical Resource Management, Laws, Regulatory Codes and Governing Boards, Resident Care)
Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
6h
General
Occupational Therapy Assistant
6h
General
Florida Board of Pharmacy
Pharmacist
6h
General
Registered Pharmacy Technician
6h
General
Florida Board of Psychology
Limited License Psychologist
6h
General
Psychologist
6h
General
Disclosure statements
Participants completing this 6-hour program should be able to identify:
- How adrenal hormones including estrogen, progesterone, and cortisol contribute to poor sleep, depression, inflammation, and immune suppression.
- Ways to reduce pregnancy-related sleep disorders.
- Ways to reduce sleep disorders related to menopause and estrogen deprivation.
- Evidence-based non-pharmacological interventions for common and treatment-resistant sleep disorders.
Michele L. Okun, Ph.D., is an expert in the study of sleep disorders specific to women including pregnancy, menopause, and the aging brain. She is Director of Sleep Education at the Insomnia Clinic and teaches in the Department of Psychology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.