Sleep & Insomnia: Conference Sessions

MGH 50th Annual Psychopharmacology Conference

October 16–18, 2026 · Boston, MA

• LectureClinical Trials of Cannabinoids for Insomnia, Pain, Anxiety, Depression

  Jodi Gilman · Eden Evins

  Summarizes clinical trial findings on cannabinoids for insomnia, pain, anxiety and depression.

  Anxiety DisordersCannabis & CannabinoidsDrug Pipeline & Clinical Trials

• LecturePTSD & Insomnia

  Amit Chopra

  Managing the sleep disruption that accompanies and perpetuates post-traumatic stress disorder.

  PTSD & Trauma

• SessionPsychopharmacology of Sleep Disorders

  John Winkelman

  Evening seminar on medication management of insomnia and other sleep disorders.

  Benzodiazepines & Sedatives

AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

October 26–31, 2026 · Atlanta, GA

• PosterIntegrating Objective and Subjective Sleep Measures for Autism Prediction and Phenotyping: Cross-Study Machine Learning Validation

  Jinhee Lee · Toru Ishii · Jing Mao · Antonio Hardan · Lawrence K. Fung · Booil Jo · Makoto Kawai · Ruth O'Hara · Joachim F. Hallmayer

  Machine learning study combining objective and subjective sleep measures to predict and phenotype autism across studies.

  Autism & Neurodevelopmental DisordersDigital Psychiatry & AI

• PosterPerceived Stress as a Mechanism Linking Insomnia Severity and Prenatal Depression Symptoms in African American Pregnant Women

  Sandra Campos

  Examines whether perceived stress explains the link between insomnia severity and depressive symptoms during pregnancy in African American women.

  DepressionDiverse & Underserved PopulationsPerinatal & Women's Mental Health

• PosterLongitudinal Associations Between Trauma-Related Nightmares and Posttraumatic Stress in Adolescents

  Elizabeth E. Amadasu · Sunita M. Stewart · W. David Brown · Kacie N. Lancaster · Hashim Bangura · Vladyslav Shelashskyi · Megan A. Nguyen · Anissa Belford · Jeffrey Newport · Karen Dineen Wagner · Charles B. Nemeroff

  Longitudinal poster study of how trauma-related nightmares and posttraumatic stress symptoms are associated over time in adolescents.

  Child & AdolescentPTSD & Trauma

• WorkshopUnderstanding Video Games: A Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist ’ s Call of Duty

  Tolga Atilla Ceranoglu · Paul E. Weigle · Clifford Sussman

  Introduces child and adolescent psychiatrists to contemporary video game culture and the research on how gaming affects well-being, sleep, aggression and school performance. Covers screening and interventions for problematic gaming and gaming disorder, with case-based discussion.

  Child & AdolescentDigital Psychiatry & AISubstance Use Disorders

• PosterEvaluating the Safety Profiles of Over-the-Counter Melatonin and Trazodone for 180-Day Suicidality Outcomes in Pediatric MDD and Insomnia

  Hely Patel · Katherine Xing · Abhishek Reddy · Anita Kablinger

  Compares safety of over-the-counter melatonin and trazodone with respect to suicidality over 180 days in youth with major depression and insomnia.

  Child & AdolescentDepressionSuicide & Self-Harm

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APNA 40th Annual Conference

October 28–31, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• LectureSleep as a Cornerstone of Trauma-informed Psychiatric–mental Health Treatment

  Jennifer Jimenez

  Covers the neurobiology of trauma-related sleep disturbance and evidence-based sleep interventions that reduce hyperarousal.

  PTSD & Trauma

NEI Fall Congress 2026

November 5–8, 2026 · Colorado Springs, CO

• WorkshopRolling in the Deep of Sleep: Neurotransmitters, Architecture, and Practical Diagnosis

  Thomas L. Schwartz

  Reviews the neurobiology of sleep-wake circuits and sleep architecture, and offers a practical framework for diagnosing sleep disorders.

  Neuroscience & Mechanisms

• WorkshopThe Fate of Orexins: Their Expanding Role in Insomnia, Hypersomnia, and Depression

  Covers orexin system physiology and the growing therapeutic role of orexin receptor antagonists and agonists across insomnia, hypersomnia, and mood disorders.

  DepressionNeuroscience & Mechanisms

• WorkshopHow It's Done: Practical Case-Based Strategies for Sleep Disorders

  Thomas L. Schwartz

  Case-based walkthrough of real-world treatment decisions for common sleep disorders.

AAAP 37th Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium

November 12–15, 2026 · Memphis, TN

• PosterPregabalin: A True Dual Diagnosis Medication? Perspectives from a Case of Successful Treatment with Pregabalin in a Patient with Comorbid Alcohol Use Disorder, Anxiety, and Primary Insomnia

  Lindsey d'Arnaud

  Case of pregabalin treating co-occurring AUD, anxiety and insomnia.

  Alcohol Use DisorderAnxiety Disorders

NPA 32nd Annual Psychopharmacology Update 2027

February 10–13, 2027 · Las Vegas, NV

• LectureThe Menopause Transition: Sleep and Cognition

  Claudio N. Soares

  Sleep disturbance and cognitive complaints across the menopause transition and evidence-based approaches to managing them.

  Dementia & Cognitive DisordersPerinatal & Women's Mental Health

• LectureTreatment of Sleep Disorders

  Alon Avidan

  Diagnosis and treatment of common sleep disorders in psychiatric patients, including insomnia pharmacotherapy.

39th ECNP Congress

October 10–13, 2026 · Munich, Germany

• SymposiumS02 – Rhythms and blues – unravelling circadian-stress interactions in mental health

  Henk Oster · Gabriel Tofani · Robert Thompson · Nicholas Meyer

  How circadian clocks, stress systems, and the gut microbiome interact to shape mental health and sleep.

  Inflammation & ImmunopsychiatryNeuroscience & Mechanisms

Psych Congress 2026

September 15–19, 2026 · New Orleans, LA

• CourseIntegrative 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 PsychiatryLifestyle & Integrative Psychiatry

• SymposiumMasterClass: 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

• SymposiumSolving 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

• SymposiumMasterClass: 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.

• SymposiumMasterClass: 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 & MechanismsDrug Pipeline & Clinical Trials

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