Sleep & Insomnia at Psych Congress 2026

Course · Integrative Psychiatry

Integrative Psychiatry Intensive: Systems-Level Biology and Lifestyle Factors Transforming Psychiatric Practice

James Greenblatt · Ashley Mason · Charles Raison

Half-day ticketed intensive covering four integrative domains — temperature-based interventions, rapid sleep-optimization strategies, nutritional psychiatry, and metabolic regulation of brain function — framed as complements to standard psychopharmacology.

GLP-1 & Metabolic Psychiatry · Lifestyle & Integrative Psychiatry

Symposium · MasterClass

MasterClass: The Sleep-Psych Nexus: Understanding and Assessing Sleep Disturbances in Psychiatric Practice

Craig Chepke · Philip Gehrman · Logan Schneider

Explores the shared neurobiology of sleep and psychiatric illness with screening, diagnostic, and management strategies for complex sleep-wake disorders.

Neuroscience & Mechanisms

Symposium · SRSF Partner Session

Solving Clinical Challenges: Untangling Sleep Problems in Psychiatric Practice

Philip Gehrman · Rakesh Jain · Hara E. Oyedeji

Case-based session on sorting whether insomnia or hypersomnia reflects medication effects, primary sleep disorders, circadian disruption, or worsening psychiatric illness, and when to order sleep studies. Developed with the Sleep Research Society Foundation.

Drug Interactions & Safety

Symposium · MasterClass

MasterClass: Trouble Beneath the Surface: Detecting and Treating Hypersomnolence in Everyday Psychiatric Practice

David Plante · Chelsie Monroe

Covers recognition and differential diagnosis of hypersomnolence disorders in psychiatric patients, plus diagnostic workup, referral, and current and emerging treatments.

Symposium · MasterClass

MasterClass: Translating Orexin Science Into Practice: Psychiatry's Role in Narcolepsy Care

Craig Chepke · Logan Schneider · Jessica Wright

Covers orexin-deficiency neurobiology, how to distinguish narcolepsy from psychiatric mimics, and the clinical implications of emerging orexin receptor agonists.

Neuroscience & Mechanisms · Drug Pipeline & Clinical Trials

Symposium · SRSF Partner Session

When Trauma Disrupts Sleep: Practical Interventions for PTSD-Related Sleep Disorders

Philip Gehrman · William Sauvé

Integrated pharmacologic and psychotherapeutic framework for assessing and treating trauma-related insomnia and nightmares. Developed with the Sleep Research Society Foundation.

Psychotherapy · PTSD & Trauma

Symposium · First-Line Decisions

First-Line Decisions: Lifestyle Modification or Medication? Early Treatment Pathways for PTSD

Rakesh Jain · Desiree Matthews · Clark Sabo

Guides the choice between trauma-focused psychotherapies (CPT, Prolonged Exposure) and pharmacotherapy (SSRIs, SNRIs, prazosin) in early PTSD care, alongside sleep stabilization and grounding skills.

Psychotherapy · PTSD & Trauma