Workshop, as part of the Mental Health and Well-being programme of ULisboa and the Ciências in Harmony project, presented by Cátia Reis.
Objective:
To promote an understanding of the biological and behavioural mechanisms of sleep, equipping participants with evidence-based strategies to improve sleep quality and prevent associated disorders.
Programme:
The impact of sleep on health;
Common sleep disorders;
Sleep hygiene: evidence-based practical recommendations;
Strategies for optimising sleep.
Cátia Reis is a researcher at the CRC-W at the Catholic University and at the IMM and ISAMB at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon. Her main areas of research are sleep and circadian rhythms, and she has published several articles based on data from healthy participants as well as from patients with sleep disorders.