Inquiring Minds: Dreaming of Better Health

Dr. Michael Mak is a sleep medicine specialist and staff psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. He is a recognized expert on the effect that poor sleep has on mental health (such as depression, anxiety, and trouble thinking and focusing) and on serious physical conditions such as cardio-vascular problems, obesity, and high blood pressure. He has three objectives for this talk to Mensans:

1. Review the relationship between insomnia and mental/physical health disorders

2. Examine the threats to health from obstructive sleep apnea

3. Understand the risks of complex nighttime sleep behaviours

SPEAKER BIO:

Dr. Mak is a sleep medicine specialist and staff psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. He was inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Psychiatric Association in 2022, inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine in 2024 and is a standing member of the Royal College AFC Committee in Sleep Disorder Medicine.

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To attend this FREE virtual event, you must RSVP in advance to Kathleen Smith at kathleen.walton.smith@gmail.com. You will be sent a link to the Zoom recording a day or so before the actual presentation.

You are welcome to invite a guest from another household. Send Kathleen the first and last name and email address for guests so that she can provide each person with his or her own encrypted Zoom link.

For more information, contact Kathleen Smith at kathleen.walton.smith@gmail.com.