How is sleepiness measured? Can sleepiness from different causes be differentiated? What new tools are being developed? These are questions that come up in clinical practice every day and are important when putting together treatment plans for people with symptoms of hypersomnolence (sleepiness) or hypersomnia disorders. We address these questions and more with the help of Assistant Prof David Plante from University of Wisconsin. 

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep.

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Audio Timeline:

• 00:00 - 02:11 Introduction
• 02:11 - 19:11 Theme - Measuring sleepiness
  • 02:11 - 04:13 Introduction
  • 04:13 - 16:51 Interview - A Prof David Plante - Measuring sleepiness
  • 16:51 - 19:11 Discussion
• 19:11 - 21:44 Clinical tip: Acknowledge uncertainty
• 21:44 - 25:05 Pick of the month:
  • 2144 - 23:54 Moira - Social jetlag in Australian adults
  • 23:54 - 25:05  David - Dopesick - Book
• 25:05 - 26:27 What's coming up in sleep?

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Links mentioned in the podcast: 

• Phase 3 clinical trial of sodium oxybate for narcolepsy
• Idiopathic hypersomnia awareness week
• Assist Prof David Plante- Research laboratory home page
• Sleep propensity in psychiatric hypersomnolence- meta-analysis
• Sleep architecture in idiopathic hypersomnia- meta-analysis
• MSLT testing repeatability- US paper
• MSLT testing repeatability- French paper
• Social jetlag in Australian adults
• Dopesick- book