Behavioral Health Business September 20, 2024
Lack of sleep can increase a person’s chance of developing hypertension, diabetes, heart attack and stroke. There’s an intrinsic link to mental health and well-being, too.
Sleep loss and behavioral health conditions can lead to a feedback loop in which lack of sleep worsens behavioral health conditions, and behavioral health conditions lead to lack of sleep.
Behavioral health providers have an opportunity to improve patient outcomes, decrease overall costs of care and get more patients into treatment by offering evidence-based sleep disorder treatment, according to industry insiders.
“A behavioral health provider who is not providing support around sleep is missing an opportunity to have a significant positive impact on helping their client live a longer, happier, more engaged life,” Dr....