RANZCP Foundation Masterclass: Sleep disorders

Sleep physiology and clinical assessment
Dr Cunnington outlines how sleep is regulated through homeostatic and circadian processes, normal architecture, and sleep norms. He translates this into a practical approach to clinical assessment, presenting a framework for evaluating sleep problems and considering when referral for specialized assessment and management may be appropriate.

Insomnia and management strategies
Dr Gray provides perspectives on the clinical significance of Sleep-Wake Schedule Disorders, insomnia, and Insomnia Disorder. He discusses management strategies for adult psychiatric practice, including relevant epidemiology, diagnostic considerations, and the role of both non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions.

Hypersomnia and parasomnias
Dr Dahlitz offers insights into excessive daytime sleepiness and common parasomnias, such as narcolepsy, sleep paralysis, hypersomnia, sleepwalking, and REM behaviour disorder. She provides a practical clinical update to help psychiatrists confidently approach diagnosis and identify when specialist referral may be needed.

Master of Ceremonies
Professor Shuichi Suetani is a community psychiatrist in Queensland. Alongside his psychiatry training, Shuichi completed a PhD exploring the epidemiological relationships between physical activity and mental disorders. He has also obtained the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine Fellowship. Shuichi has numerous publications in high-impact journals, including Lancet Psychiatry and JAMA Psychiatry. Shuichi is Associate Editor for Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology and the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. He also sits on the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Psychiatry.