Stanford Doctor Clete Kushida on Optimizing Your Sleep and Recognizing Serious Sleep Problems

Clete A. Kushida, MD, PhD, discusses the prevalent issue of lack of sleep and its impact on society. Learn about types of sleep, changes in sleep patterns with age, and the key features, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of the most common sleep problems. Dr. Kushida shares sleep tips that will help anyone who has occasional or persistent sleep problems.

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Clete A. Kushida, MD, PhD, is a neurologist specializing in the diagnosis and management of sleep related breathing disorders, sleep-related movement disorders, and parasomnias. He is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, Division Chief and Medical Director of Stanford Sleep Medicine, and Director of the Stanford Center for Human Sleep Research.