Anti-depressants increase light sensitivity and impact circadian rhythms

New Year's Resolutions

At the start of each year, do you make New Year's resolutions, only to find by February that you are back into your previous habits and routine? From the Sleep Talk podcast archive, this interview with Prof Art Markman [http://www.smartthinkingbook.com/] from the University of Texas at Austin, will help you set goals that stick. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Daylight Saving Time

With daylight saving time ending this weekend in Australia, is it time to re-consider daylight saving? Prof Till Roenneberg discusses the pros and cons of daylight saving time. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Sleep DownUnder Highlights 2019

Highlights from the Sleep Down Under 2019 meeting in Sydney. For our monthly in-depth podcast Sleep Talk, go to SleepHub.com.au [http://sleephub.com.au/podcast/], subscribe via Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/hr/podcast/sleep-talk/id1067640419?mt=2] or your favourite podcast app, or download the Sleep Talk app [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sleep-talk/id1122853460?mt=8] from the iOS app store. Links:  * Sleep DownUnder [http://www.sleepdownunder.com/]- conference website * Medicinal cannabis use in Australia [https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2018/209/5/medicinal-cannabis-australia-2016-cannabis-medicine-survey-cams-16] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Sleep DownUnder 2018 - Highlights

Highlights from the Sleep Down Under 2018 meeting in Brisbane. Topics highlighted are narcolepsy, insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, sleep health, and the effects of caffeine on sleep. For our monthly in-depth podcast Sleep Talk, go to SleepHub.com.au [http://sleephub.com.au/podcast/], subscribe via iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/hr/podcast/sleep-talk/id1067640419?mt=2] or your favourite podcast app, or download the Sleep Talk app [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sleep-talk/id1122853460?mt=8] from the iOS app store.  AUDIO TIMELINE: * 00:00 - 01:30 Caffeine and sleep * 01:30 - 03:26 Narcolepsy * 03:26 - 06:29 Insomnia * 06:29 - 08:39 Sleep health * 08:39 - 10:12 Obstructive sleep apnea * 10:12 - 11:02 Subscribe to Sleep Talk podcast and attend Sleep DownUnder 2019 LINKS MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST:  * Sleep DownUnder meeting [http://www.sleepdownunder.com/]- Brisbane October 2018 * Recent paper on T-cells in narcolepsy [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0540-1] * CBTi Coach [https://mobile.va.gov/app/cbt-i-coach] * Sleepio [https://www.sleepio.com/] * Shuti program [http://www.myshuti.com/] * Using polysomnographic measures to physiologically phenotype obstructive sleep apnea [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29327943] * Sleep Talk podcast on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/sleep-talk-talking-all-things-sleep/id1067640419?mt=2] * Sleep Talk app on iOS [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sleep-talk/id1122853460?mt=8] * Sleep DownUnder 2019, Oct 17-19 Sydney [http://www.sleepdownunder.com/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Anti-depressants increase light sensitivity and impact circadian rhythms

Work publised in Psychopharmacology  [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-018-5019-0]last month from Assoc Prof Sean Cain's [https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/sean-cain] group at Monash University shows that the SSRI citalopram increases sensitivity of the circadian system to light. This is an important finding that has major implications for the treatment of depression, and may explain the relatively poor response to SSRIs in people with depression and eveningness type. In this interview Sean discusses his research and it's implications for the management of depression. Tax deductible donations to fund further research in this area can be made via this link [https://community.monash.edu.au/mnhs].  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.