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Jul 24, 2025 49 min

'Insomnia: Symptom or Diagnosis?'

from Psych Up Live Hosted by Dr. Suzanne B. Phillips

In this show Dr Avi Bhar will offer listeners an understanding of insomnia and its manifestations, and why medications don't always work. The show will offer an understanding of the basics of good sleep. It will unravel the insomnia diagnosis from insomnia as a symptom and underscore the danger of immediately treating insomnia with a sedative. Too often people do not get any sleep evaluation once they utter the word 'insomnia' to a provider. Rather than being prescribed a pill or a CBT program, Dr. Bhar invites a closer understanding of the reasons many people struggle with sleep and what might help them. Dr. Avi Bhar MD Dr. Bhar is a fellowship-trained and board-certified in sleep and pulmonary medicine. He has been in practice for over thirteen years following the completion of his fellowships at Washington University in St Louis and the University of Tennessee, Memphis. Recognizing the shortcomings of the U.S. healthcare system and the opportunities made possible by advances in mobile technology, Dr. Avinesh Bhar left his office-based practice in 2019 to focus on establishing a telemedicine practice founded on high-value and personalized, convenient and cost-effective sleep and pulmonary care. He has Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, International Medical University and has Board Certification, at New York Medical Center of Queens, University of Tennessee (Memphis, Washington University of St Louis.

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