The Royal is pleased to announce its first session of Conversations at The Royal 2017 series on Thursday January 19 at 7pm for “Narcolepsy - A sleep disorder with some psychiatric features” with Dr. Alan Douglass of The Royal’s Sleep Disorders Program.

Date: Thursday January 19, 2017 (registration is required)
Time: 7 pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)
Location: Auditorium, The Royal

Summary

Dr. Douglass is a psychiatrist and also a fully-qualified specialist in sleep disorders medicine.  During over 30 years of practice, he has assembled a series of patient histories showing that some patients with narcolepsy have psychiatric symptoms. Narcolepsy is a treatable but rare neurological disorder of the brain’s sleep-wake control system.  The illness usually starts suddenly in boys and girls between the ages of 13 – 18 and can be mistaken for depression, attention deficit disorder, or even schizophrenia in its early stages.  Fortunately,  accurate laboratory diagnosis and effective medication treatment are available. 

Presenter:
Dr. Alan Douglass, Sleep Disorders Program, The Royal