Getting out of bed at the same time every day improves sleep, stabilizes mood, and helps control inflammation! It is also important to sleep an adequate amount (typically 7 hours) as both short and long sleep increase mortality.
Read moreSleep deprivation, especially REM sleep deprivation, not only treats depression rapidly and effectively, but it may even induce mania. This provides the basis for the theory that insufficient sleep, again primarily insufficient REM sleep, is an important cause of mania. Accordingly, to treat an acute manic episode, we need to…
Read moreThis talk was given at Palliative Care McGill Rounds, at the Montreal General Hospital, on 2004-2-11, and at Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Rounds, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, on 2004-2-19. Presentation slides with notes
Read moreThis talk was to the inpatient psychiatry team (4 East) at the SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, on 1998-11-5. Notes Slides
Read morePresentation to Family Physicians at Clinical Day, “Psychiatric Issues in Family Medicine”, McGill University Department of Family Medicine, Hotel Europa, Montréal, on 1998-5-15. Handout Slides
Read moreMonday, March 30, 2015 Executive Summary This is an abstract of the literature on the use of psychostimulants to treat psychiatric conditions in adults and the elderly. The results are presented primarily in two sections: the first section reports on studies in which psychostimulants, primarily methylphenidate (MPH) were used as…
Read moreThis lecture was given to McGill psychiatry residents as part of the Diploma Course, Geriatric Psychiatry Block, on 2011-3-15. Download a pdf of the lecture slides and notes.
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This presentation was given to staff of CSSS Cavendish on 2010-10-6, at CHSLD Julius Richardson. download a pdf with the presentation slides and notes
Read moreThis one-page form is for charting sleep behaviour, caffeine consumption, and mood. There are spaces for charting every hour (once daily for mood), 24 hours per day, for a month. Download a pdf of the form.
Read moreThe study reported on in the article “Acute impact of immediate release methylphenidate administered three times a day on sleep in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder” (Corkum, Panton, Ironside, Macpherson, & Williams, 2008) found a significant reduction in total sleep time of almost an hour with medication compared to the no…
Read moreThis presentation was given on 2008-11-17 at Ste. Anne’s Hospital in the Department of Psychiatry Conference Series, and on 2008-11-20 to the Head Nurses at Ste. Anne’s Hospital. It had previously been presented to staff of CSSS Cavendish on 2008-10-8, at Centre d’Accueil Henri-Bradet. Download a pdf of the slides and…
Read moreThis letter to the editor of “Canadian Psychiatry Aujourd’hui” , a newspaper published by the Canadian Psychiatric Association, appeared in the October 2008 issue (volume 4, no. 5) While I enjoyed the articles on sleep in your August 2008 issue, I felt that the headlines were misleading. For example, the…
Read moreIt was recently reported on the CBS program “60 Minutes” that diabetes might be caused by sleep deprivation [link to web article]. As frequently happens, the reporting is more striking for its sensationalism than for its depth. Here is a deeper look: First, what do we know about sleep duration…
Read moreLecture given annually between 2002 and 2008 as part of the McGill Department of Psychiatry Diploma Course, Geriatric Psychiatry Block. Most recently given on 2008-5-13. Download a pdf of the lecture slides and notes. Outline Sleep Characteristics of sleep Sleep complaints Epidemiology & Importance of Sleep Disorders Approach to the…
Read moreConference given at Ste. Anne’s Hospital on 2007-9-18, as part of the Department of Psychiatry Conference Series. Download a pdf of the lecture slides and notes.
Read moreThis bilingual form is used to keep track of problem behaviours. It contains space to chart hourly, for a month. Download a pdf of the form.
Read morePresented at Ste. Anne’s Hospital 2006-5-9 and on 2006-6-1. Some proverbs about sleep: “One hour’s sleep before midnight is worth two hours after.” —John Rays (1627-1705): A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs, 1670 “Plough deep while sluggards sleep.” —Benjamin franklin (1706-1790): Maxim prefixed to Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1757 “The early bird catches…
Read moreThis poster has been presented at: • Research Day, Ste. Anne’s Hospital, 2006-3-23 • McGill Department of Geriatric Medicine Research Day, 2006-4-28 Download poster as pdf file An earlier version was presented at: • Canadian Sleep Society Annual Meeting, Ottawa, May 2001 • McGill Department of Psychiatry Research Day, 2001-11-2…
Read moreThis lecture, spread over two sessions, was delivered annually to the SMBD – Jewish General Hospital psychiatry residents from 2003 to 2005. Download a pdf of the lecture slides and notes.
Read morePresentation as part of a panel discussion, AMI-Quebec, Montreal, QC, on 2003-11-24. Download a pdf of the presentation slides and notes.
Read moreThis article was published on the website of Scientific American, on 2003-5-12. download a pdf file of the web article. An edited version appeared in the print edition of Scientific American, October 2003. Download a pdf file of the print article. The articles were republished in 2006 in the print and online…
Read moreThis lecture was given to psychiatry residents at the Jewish General Hospital annually, over several years ending in 2005. Download a pdf of the lecture slides and notes.
Read moreAffective Disorders, Sleep Patterns, and Treatment Implications Problem issues in treatment of affective disorders Only 60-70% of depressed patients respond to antidepressants (in carefully done studies). The clinical reality is worse. In some patients, antidepressants worsen agitation, may increase suicidality We still don’t understand what causes depression, or how antidepressant…
Read moreLetter to the Editor of the Montreal Gazette. Every couple of weeks or so, there appears an article about sleep, most recently “A mounting sleep debt is nothing to yawn about” (Gazette 2002-12-03) Typically, the authors decry the high prevalence of insufficient sleep, the deleterious effects of sleep deprivation, the…
Read moreLetter to the Editor of the Montreal Gazette. It appeared in the 2002-11-5 edition under the heading “Let’s make those long winter evenings brighter”. Dr. Colin Shapiro recently pointed out (Changing clocks causes temporary havoc, Gazette 2002-10-28) that the switch from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time, on the last…
Read moreThis poster has been presented at: • Canadian Sleep Society Annual Meeting, Ottawa, May 2001 • McGill Department of Psychiatry Research Day, 2001-11-2 • 6th Annual McGill Pain Day, McIntyre Medical Building, 2002-1-24 Download a pdf of the poster.
Read moreThis was an invited lecture, given at Grand Rounds, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD on 2000-6-16, and again that day at Grand Rounds, Rheumatology Department, NIH. Download a pdf of the presentation slides and notes.
Read moreThis invited lecture was given on 2000-1-22 at the l’Esprit Cancer Rehabilitation Conference, held at the Renaissance Hotel du Parc, Montreal, Quebec. It was also presented at the Thursday Seminar series, Research & Training Building Conference Room, Allan Memorial Institute, Montreal, on 1999-5-13; at the Palliative Care McGill Rounds, Mount…
Read moreOlders H, Winningham ML. Select psychiatric and psychological considerations. In: Winningham ML, Barton-Burke M, editors. Fatigue in cancer: a multidimensional approach. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett; 2000. p. 197-242 Click on the icon to the right to download the book chapter.
Read moreSleep, Depression, Fatigue, and Insomnia Henry Olders, MD, FRCPC12 August 1998 IntroductionRecent research indicates that an important cause of depression may be sleeping too much; specifically, too much Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep. In those individuals without a genetic predisposition to depression, too much REM sleep can cause some depressive…
Read moreTalk to Merck-Frosst employees, Merck-Frosst Pharmaceuticals, Montreal, QC, on 1998-5-28. Download a pdf of the presentation Download a pdf of the presentation slides
Read moreThis presentation was given at the Sylvia Hamovitch Day Conference on 1996-11-29, put on by the Psychogeriatrics Service of the Department of Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC. Download a pdf of the slides and notes.
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