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Sleep Medicine Subspecialty of:. PsychiatryNeurologyPulmonary MedicineInternal MedicinePediatricsPsychologyOther. Historical Perspective. Psychiatrists were drawn to sleep research in the past because of interest in REM sleep and dreaming.. Decreased Interest in Sleep Medicine by Psychiatrists.
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1. Sleep Medicine: Can We Regain Lost Ground? Angelos Halaris, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
and
Sinan Baran, M.D.
Medical Director, Sleep Disorders Center
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2. Sleep MedicineSubspecialty of: Psychiatry
Neurology
Pulmonary Medicine
Internal Medicine
Pediatrics
Psychology
Other
3. Historical Perspective Psychiatrists were drawn to sleep research in the past because of interest in REM sleep and dreaming.
4. Decreased Interest in Sleep Medicine by Psychiatrists
5. New Diplomates of the American Board of Sleep Medicine in 2001: Pulmonologists 135
Neurologists 39
Other 18
Internists 6
Psychologists 2
Psychiatrists 0
6. Total Diplomates of the American Board of Sleep Medicine # %
Pulmonologists 901 53.0
Neurologists 433 25.5
Psychologists 112 6.6
Psychiatrists 110 6.5
Internists 44 2.6
Other 99 5.8
1699
9. Possible Reasons for Decreased Interest in Sleep Medicine by Psychiatrists Sleep Medicine has become more general medical and less psychiatric:
Current emphasis on sleep-disordered breathing
Domination of field by pulmonologists
10. Why Should Psychiatrists Consider Subspecializing in Sleep Medicine? Professional diversity
Psychiatric training of great value in the evaluation of all patients with sleep complaints
more comprehensive approach
increased sensitivity to contributing psychiatric factors including medication effects
Insomnia: the most difficult presenting complaint
Circadian rhythms
11. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Should not discourage psychiatrists from becoming involved with sleep medicine
Upper airway obstruction during sleep
CPAP acts as a splint to “prop open” the upper airway
A relatively “fun” and easy problem (for the appropriately trained physician) to diagnose and treat, though there are subtleties
CPAP compliance issues well suited for psychiatrists
12. Obstructive Sleep Apnea “Meat and potatoes” of sleep medicine
Majority of cases referred to a sleep center
BUT
There are many other interesting cases sprinkled in to spice things up
13. Domination of Sleep Medicine by Pulmonologists is Without Scientific Basis OSA is not a pulmonary disorder
Pulmonologists are not inherently more qualified to treat OSA
CPAP/BiPAP treatment of OSA does not require a pulmonologist
14. Comorbidity of Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders Mood d/o can present with insomnia as chief complaint
Primary sleep d/o can have psychiatric symptoms:
affective
pseudo-psychotic
anxiety
Coincidental concurrence of sleep and psychiatric disorders:
special patient needs
15. PSG Patients taking Psychotropic Medications at UMMC 25.86% of 1106 patients:
Antidepressants 22.97 %
Mood stabilizers 1.45 %
Antipsychotics 4.50 %
Buspirone 1.27 %
Clomipramine 0.18 %
(4.89% on more than one class of medication)
16. Practical Matters Typical Practice of Sleep Medicine
Training
Board Certification
Developing a Sleep Disorders Center
Developing a Sleep Medicine Fellowship
Referrals
Reimbursement
17. Typical Practice of Sleep Medicine History and (focused) physical exam
Interpretation of PSG
visual pattern recognition skills
18. Training in Sleep Medicine Formal 1-2 year fellowship following residency
accredited by AASM
non-accredited
Formal training + Clinical experience
19. Board Certification by American Academy of Sleep Medicine ABSM not recognized by ABMS
AMA self-designated medical specialty
Candidate for subspecialty of ABPN?
20. Board Certification by American Academy of Sleep Medicine Must 1st complete ACGME accredited residency or its equivalent prior to sleep training
Currently, several options and waivers to qualify
2005: training must be in AASM accredited fellowship program to qualify for exam
21. Components of a Sleep Disorders Center Sleep specialist
Technical staff
Chief technologist
maximum 2:1 patient to technologist ratio
mainly night shift work
Secretarial staff
key issue: booking/maintaining PSG schedule
Facility/Hardware
Rooms
Computerized (“paperless”) systems
Infrastructure
22. Accreditation of Center ABSM certified or “eligible” physician
PSG technologists
Chief technologist preferably certified by BPSGT
3rd party reimbursement implications
23. Accreditation of Fellowship Accredited Center
Clinical exposure:
volume
breadth
Formal academic curriculum
24. Referrals Initial office evaluation prior to consideration of PSG for most patients
Direct PSG referral only available to physicians with some experience with sleep disorders
report must be reviewed and approved by sleep specialist prior to PSG
25. Reimbursement for Sleep Procedures in MS: Professional Fee Procedure BC/BS Medicare Medicaid
PSG 164.00 124.53 164.88
PSG/CPAP 175.00 133.69 176.64
MSLT 71.20 69.76 73.63
26. Reimbursement for Sleep Procedures in MS: Technical Fee Procedure BC/BS Medicare Medicaid
PSG 531.00 484.35 528.94
PSG/CPAP 533.00 490.39 547.81
MSLT 309.00 165.15 280.67
27. Relations with Neurology and Pulmonary Medicine Appropriate referral (not for sleep disorders)
seizures during sleep
intrinsic lung disease
In multidisciplinary sleep centers:
psychiatrists should maintain exposure to all sleep disorders
avoid pitfall of receiving only psychiatric referrals
28. Additional Information American Board of Sleep Medicine: www.absm.org
American Academy of Sleep Medicine: www.aasmnet.org
Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists: www.brpt.org
Association of Polysomnographic Technologists: www.aptweb.org
29. www.aasmnet.org
30. www.aasmnet.org
31. Conclusions Sleep medicine is not just about OSA, but OSA can be satisfying for psychiatrists to diagnose and treat
Psychiatrists can practice the full spectrum of Sleep Medicine and are particularly well suited for cases of psychiatric comorbidity
An active, full-service sleep disorders center can function well within and enhance a department of psychiatry
32. Recommendations Educate psychiatrists about sleep medicine and the need for psychiatry to increase its visibility and involvement (through APA)
increase activity at psychiatric conferences
increase sleep-related publications in psychiatric journals (rather than focus on Sleep Medicine journals)
Mandate a rotation in sleep medicine for general psychiatry residents (off-site if in-house sleep lab not present)
33. Recommendations (cont.) Consider sleep medicine a subspecialty of ABPN
AACDP to develop a consulting mechanism to assist departments of psychiatry in developing sleep laboratories and fellowships
Provide community education about sleep disorders spearheaded by psychiatrists with expertise in sleep medicine
35. Sleep Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center(UMMC) A full-service center that diagnoses and treats all sleep disorders
Established 1980’s in the Department of Psychiatry
Currently on staff:
4 physicians (1 full-time) certified by ABPN and ABSM
5 polysomnographic technologists
36. UMMC Sleep Disorders Center: Credentials One of 368 Sleep Disorders Centers accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
One of 21 Sleep Medicine training programs accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
37. Sleep Studies in 2001 Academic Year Nocturnal Polysomnogram 687
Multiple Sleep Latency Test* 8
indicated in evaluation of narcolepsy or when quantification of daytime sleepiness is required
38. Referral Patterns Internal Medicine
Family Medicine
Pulmonary Medicine
Pediatrics
Otolaryngology
Psychiatry
39. Training Full-time fellowship position (1-2 year)
1-2 month elective rotations for residents/fellows from following departments:
Psychiatry
Neurology
Pulmonology
Internal Medicine
40. Patient Population Adult 76 %
Pediatric 24 %
41. Patient Distribution 68% Sleep-disordered Breathing
11% Periodic Limb Movement Disorder/Restless Legs Syndrome
10% Insomnia
7% Narcolepsy
2% Parasomnias
43. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Should not discourage psychiatrists from becoming involved with sleep medicine
Upper airway obstruction during sleep
CPAP acts as a splint to “prop open” the upper airway
A relatively “fun” and easy problem (for the appropriately trained physician) to diagnose and treat, though there are subtleties
CPAP compliance issues well suited for psychiatrists
44. Obstructive Sleep Apnea “Meat and potatoes” of sleep medicine
Majority of cases referred to a sleep center
BUT
There are many other types of interesting cases sprinkled in to spice things up
narcolepsy
parasomnias
insomnia
45. Domination of Sleep Medicine by Pulmonologists is Without Scientific Basis OSA is not a pulmonary disorder
Pulmonologists are not inherently more qualified to treat OSA
CPAP/BiPAP treatment of OSA does not require a pulmonologist
46. Conclusions Sleep medicine is not just about OSA, but OSA can be satisfying for psychiatrists to diagnose and treat
Psychiatrists can practice the full spectrum of Sleep Medicine and are particularly well suited for cases of psychiatric comorbidity
An active, full-service sleep disorders center can function well within and enhance a department of psychiatry
47. Recommendations Educate psychiatrists about sleep medicine and the need for psychiatry to increase its visibility and involvement (through APA)
increase activity at psychiatric conferences
increase sleep-related publications in psychiatric journals (rather than focus on Sleep Medicine journals)
Mandate a rotation in sleep medicine for general psychiatry residents (off-site if in-house sleep lab not present)
48. Recommendations (cont.) Declare sleep medicine a subspecialty of ABPN
AACDP to develop a consulting mechanism to assist departments of psychiatry in developing sleep laboratories and fellowships
Provide community education about sleep disorders spearheaded by psychiatrists with expertise in sleep medicine
50. Results
51. Comorbidity of Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders Angelos Halaris, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
University of Mississippi Medical Center
52. Purpose To determine the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in our patient population over the past 3 years.
The majority of our patients are referred by non-psychiatrists for the evaluation of primary sleep disorders other than insomnia.
53. Methods Our PSG database was reviewed to identify patients who were taking psychotropic medications.
Presence of psychiatric disorders was presumed on the basis of patients’ medications, and chart review was conducted to clarify ambiguous cases.
54. OSA patients on Antidepressant Medication Of 254 patients on antidepressants, 207 had OSA (81.50 %)
(True depression?)
55. Conclusions The prevalence of psychiatric disorders is high in a typical sleep disorders center patient population, and may be even higher than these numbers suggest, since patients were not evaluated psychiatrically by us and may have had psychiatric symptoms that were not formally identified by referring physicians.
56. Discussion
57. Does OSA Cause MDD? OSA patients with depressive symptoms can be misdiagnosed as having MDD.
In our experience,
Depressive symptoms due to OSA resolve with treatment of OSA and do not require separate treatment
Antidepressants are sometimes discontinued by referring MD after CPAP treatment
58. Overlap of OSA and MDD Sx Fatigue/anergia
Sleep disturbance
Amotivation
Decreased concentration
Decreased libido
59. Depressive Sx Not Typically Seen in OSA Crying
Hopelessness
Decreased appetite
Weight loss
Suicidal ideation
60. Reversal of Depression With CPAP 55 patients with OSA completed Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS)
45% had score > 50
All 11 patients with elevated scores showed improvement with CPAP (60.5+1.9 to 44.4+2.6 [p<0.001])
Millman RP, Fogel BS, McNamara ME, Carlisle CC: Depression as a manifestation of obstructive sleep apnea: reversal with nasal continuous positive airway pressure. J Clin Psychiatry. 1989 Sep;50(9):348-51.
61. Advantages of Psychiatrist Sleep Specialist: Increased sensitivity to needs of psychiatric patients with sleep disorders
e.g., compliance with CPAP
Ability to differentiate major depressive disorder from depressive symptoms due to OSA.
Increased familiarity with effects of psychotropic medications on sleep
62. Polysomnograms Currently Performed 3 studies/night
5 nights/week
63. Concurrent Psychiatric Disorders in 1999 Affective Disorders 12 %
Psychotic Disorders 3 %
(typically not the reason for referral)
64. Sleep Diagnoses of Sample Population 1106 Patients: %
Obstructive sleep apnea 82.10
Upper airway resistance syndrome 11.23
Periodic leg movement disorder 2.72
Narcolepsy 0.45
Parasomnias 0.18
Sleep-related GERD 0.36
Other 2.90