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Behavioral Circadian Rhythms Sleep Disorders Specialty Clinic

The Behavioral Circadian Rhythms Sleep Disorders Specialty Clinic compliments the Medical Circadian Rhythms Sleep Disorders Specialty Clinic. It provides evidence-based assessment of circadian sleep-wake and activity rhythms, including actigraphy, behavioral rhythm tracking, and the possibility of dim-light melatonin onset testing. It educates patients about how circadian rhythms and daily behavioral patterns -- including sleep-wake, rest-activity, feeding-fasting, and light-dark – impact daytime functioning, sleep quality, and overall health. Finally, it teaches self-management approaches for improving nighttime sleep and daytime energy by helping individuals change the thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and physiological states of arousal that interfere with establishing strong circadian rhythms, thus optimizing overall functioning and quality of life.

Conditions Treated

Circadian Sleep-Wake Disorders
including:

  • Delayed Sleep Phase Type
  • Advanced Sleep Phase Type
  • Shift Work Type
  • Non-24 / Free-Running Sleep-Wake Type
  • Irregular Sleep-Wake Type

This Program Provides

  • Actigraphy
  • Circadian Tracking
  • Dim Light Melatonin Onset (DLMO) Testing

Accessing Care

For an appointment, please call 650-723-6601

Clinic Team


For more information and resources, please see the Sleep Medicine Center page
at Stanford Health Care and the Division of Sleep Medicine's site.
 

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