NCMD Seminar Series Presents 'Chronic Insomnia presented by Dr Hugh Selsick'

We were delighted to have Dr Hugh Selsick deliver a presentation for our NCMD Seminar Series this week on 'Chronic Insomnia'.

Dr Selsick is a consultant psychiatrist treating adults with sleep disorders. He has been involved in Sleep and Sleep Medicine for nearly 30 years. He has founded and runs the Insomnia and Behavioural Sleep Medicine Clinic at UCLH, the first of its kind, and is the lead clinician there. Dr Selsick has also founded and chaired the Sleep Special Interest Group in the Royal College of Psychiatrists and he is a past president of the Sleep Section at the Royal Society of Medicine.

He has expertise in treating all sleep disorders and has a special interest in the management of insomnia, nightmares, circadian rhythm disorders and restless legs.
He has also contributed to numerous textbooks on sleep and psychiatry. He has lectured and taught widely on sleep medicine and runs training courses on general sleep medicine, sleep and mental health, and cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia.

Dr Selsick covered the role of sleep, the diagnosis and management of chronic insomnia, the role of orexin, the NICE guidance, Idorsia's chronic insomnia treatment: mechanism of action, phase 3 study data, efficacy, safety profile and practical management.

Thank you very much to Dr Selsick for this fantastic presentation!