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ADELAIDE INSTITUTE FOR SLEEP HEALTH (AISH) CLINIC 

FHMRI Our Research FHMRI Sleep Health Sleep health treatment (insomnia)
     What we do  Our research  Cost of treatment  How to book  Clinicians

The Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health (AISH) Clinic at FHMRI: Sleep Health is a unique, world-renowned and specialist sleep disorder centre. We are dedicated to translating the science of sleep in order to deliver evidence-based treatments that are proven to improve sleep, health and wellbeing for all people in our community.

Our specialists at our research-focussed sleep clinic are world-leading scientists and experts in their respective fields. Together they focus on working collaboratively with patients to diagnose and deliver clinical care, predominantly for Insomnia and Circadian Rhythm (body clock) disruption. The combination of the latest research and technology enables us to provide evidence-based treatment via the AISH Clinic.

What we do

Our multi-disciplinary team of sleep specialists includes clinical, registered and provisional psychologists, respiratory and sleep physicians, dentists, laboratory managers, research assistants, and sleep technicians.  

We pride ourselves on providing comprehensive services and interdisciplinary management for sleep disorders, and are one of three flagship sleep disorder centres in the country.

Our sleep service is the only multidisciplinary sleep medicine and sleep psychology institute with a dedicated 6-bedroom laboratory co-located within a University, in the same precinct as a tertiary hospital.

We are uniquely placed to support the community using state-of-the art innovations in research and technology, and focus on providing cutting edge, evidence-based treatments.

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Background

Our Sleep Disorders Clinic has served as an invaluable research resource since inception in 1991 at the Repatriation General Hospital, Adelaide, through to its closure in late in 2017. Our multi-disciplinary sleep disorders service started under the guidance of internationally renowned clinicians and Professors Doug McEvoy and Leon Lack.

Thousands of patients with sleep problems have been successfully treated in our clinic. This service is now offered via the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health (AISH) Clinic, based in the Bedford Park precinct at Flinders University.

If you are experiencing, insomnia, circadian rhythm (body clock) sleep disorders and/or sleep-related mental health disorders you may be referred by your GP, specialist or sleep physician for treatment.

For other sleep disorders, including but not limited to, Obstructive Sleep Apnoea, Restless Legs Syndrome, Narcolepsy, we run an extensive program of clinical research studies.

Register your interest to participate in our research projects:

Register your interest

Our research

AISH offers the following types of research studies, follow each link to find out further information. 

Sleep apnoea and respiratory physiology

Neuroscience including novel biomarkers

Insomnia, shift work and body clock disruption

Health services delivery and care

Novel use of digital innovations and technology development

Epidemiology and population health

Sleep apnoea and respiratory physiology

Insomnia, shift work and body clock disruption

Novel use of digital innovations and technology development

Neuroscience including novel biomarkers

Health services delivery and care

Epidemiology and population health

Cost of treatment

To access this service, one of the following pathways and payment options can be used depending on your eligibility:

  • Medicare rebated services With a Medicare card and a referral from your General Practitioner (GP) including a Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP). Psychiatrist can also provide a referral without the need for a MHCP.
  • Private health insurance If your private health fund offers psychological services, you may be able to seek reimbursement for from your health insurer. Please contact your insurer to discuss your entitlements. Reimbursements will vary depending on your insurer and policy.
  • Community-based low or no-cost services We are able to offer services through Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) and National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for plan and self-managed NDIS clients only.
  • Self-funded services You may choose to self-fund your consults. Fees per consult are based on the Medicare item number fee for each service used, plus an upfront fee.

Reduced fees are available for concession card holders. Please contact us to enquire about our current service fees.

How to book

We offer in-person appointments and video conferencing options for metro, rural and remote residents.

To book your appointments using Medicare rebated services prior to contacting us, please:

  1. Download the AISH Physician and AISH Psychologist referral forms to familiarise yourself and inform your GP of our referral procedures. Please note, all sections of both forms must be completed in their entirety to be valid and conform to Medicare requirements, or they can not be accepted.
  2. Visit your GP (we suggest booking a longer consult) to  complete the AISH Psychologist referral and Mental Health Care Plan for the AISH Clinic.
  3. During your GP appointment, if you have not had a sleep study in the past 12 months, please request that your GP complete the AISH Physician referral form for an assessment of physical sleep problems, and this may include a sleep study.
  4. Please scan or take photos of the referral form(s) and Mental Health Care Plan and either email them to us at sleephealthtreatment@flinders.edu.au, or request that your GP email the referrals and Mental Health Care Plan. Please ensure that your email contact details are included.

To assist you with this process, please download and print or save these instructions to your device to advise your GP of referral requirements.

For non-Medicare rebated services, please contact our clinic directly to book your appointments and discuss your preferred payment option.

GP referral enquiry

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Clinic team

Our team of internationally renowned experts below also support the training of students who are undertaking postgraduate clinical degrees.

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Dr Gorica Micic, Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health (AISH) Clinic Coordinator, Clinical Psychologist

Dr Gorica Micic is a clinician researcher and was awarded her psychology degree at Flinders University in 2012, a PhD in 2016 and a Master of Clinical Psychology in 2019.

Gorica has 10 years of experience within sleep medicine and her expertise are relevant to the understanding and treatment of psychological and physiological bases of sleep and circadian rhythm (body clock) disorders. Since 2016, she has treated and managed sleep, circadian rhythm and mental health disorders across the entire lifespan (from infancy until late adulthood) as a Clinical Psychologist.

Psychologists

A/Prof Nicole Lovato, Provisional Psychologist keyboard_arrow_up

A/Prof Nicole Lovato (B.Psych(Hons.), PhD) is a Senior Practitioner Fellow and Psychologist (provisional) at Flinders University. She is a national and emerging international leader with extensive experience in insomnia and circadian physiology. Her research is focused on insomnia and circadian rhythms, particularly the development of new, innovative therapeutic interventions and models of care for the management of chronic insomnia, circadian rhythm sleep wake disorders, obstructive sleep apnea and associated chronic physical and mental ill-health.  She is co-Chair of the Chronobiology Council of the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA), Australia’s peak advocacy body representing clinicians, scientists, and researchers in sleep medicine. A/Prof Lovato has co-led the establishment and co-leadership of a new insomnia treatment service (1 of 3 services in Australia; >400 patients per year). A/Prof Lovato is co-inventor and holds patents for innovative online tools and decision support systems to screen for sleep disorders at the community level. She has also developed novel therapeutic devices that treat insomnia in the patients’ home, significantly reducing treatment time and costs.

A/Prof Amy Reynolds, Provisional Psychologist keyboard_arrow_up

A/Prof Amy Reynolds (B.Psych(Hons.), MSciMed(Clin Epi), PhD) is an Associate Professor in Clinical Sleep Health at FHRMI (Sleep Health) and is currently also a provisional Psychologist at the AISH clinic. She has a specific interest in managing sleep disorders, such as insomnia and shift work disorder, for shift workers. Her other priority interests include sleep disorder management for young adults, working with patients with sleep disorders who also live with chronic health conditions, and preventive/early intervention focussed initiatives to reduce the burden of sleep disorders for working Australians. Her current research program includes epidemiological studies of the associations between shift work and sleep with productivity, health and safety outcomes, experimental shift work interventions in human laboratory settings, and clinically-focussed trials and intervention development for shift workers with sleep disorders..

Emeritus Professor Leon Lack, Registered Psychologist keyboard_arrow_up

Emeritus Prof Leon Lack received degrees from Stanford University and the University of Adelaide and since 1972 has been at Flinders University School of Psychology teaching and conducting research in the areas of sleep, circadian rhythms, bright light, napping, and insomnia. He has received many large research grants and published over 200 books, chapters, and articles. He has also directed the non-drug treatment program for insomnia at the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health. He has integrated his teaching, research, clinical practice, public education roles, and commercial developments to ameliorate the problem of insomnia and circadian rhythm disorders in our society.

Ms Claire Dunbar, Psychologist keyboard_arrow_up

Ms Claire Dunbar is a generally registered psychologist and Research Associate at the FHMRI (Sleep Health) Sleep Health Treatment clinic. Her primary interests include the behavioural treatment of sleep disorders such as insomnia and improving the health of the rural and wider community through high quality research and accessible community education opportunities. Her current research focuses on performance impairment as a result of sleep deprivation, improving the understanding and treatment of circadian and phase disorders in clinical and shift work personal and treating sleep difficulties in individuals living with chronic pain.

Mr Gregory Gardner, Clinical Psychologist keyboard_arrow_up

Greg completed his Masters of Psychology (Clinical) at Flinders University in 2008 and initially received his training in the sleep field under Professor Michael Gradisar and worked at the Flinders University Child and Adolescent Sleep Clinic. He contributed to an extensively cited intervention trial of Bright Light Therapy, a treatment for Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder. Greg has 15 years of experience as a therapist working with sleep and other common mental health presentations. He has worked across a variety of public and private settings which has allowed him to gain a wide range of experience in both adult and pediatric presentations. Greg primarily uses a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach in counselling but also provides Schema Therapy and Mindfulness Based Interventions depending on presenting concerns and client fit. He is an experienced group program facilitator, presenter and clinical supervisor. Greg maintains a significant interest in the sleep field and is an experienced provider of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i).  

Greg’s other area of expertise is in the Veterans field where he has worked extensively over the last 8 years. He is experienced in treating military (and civilian) trauma presentations and is a provider of Prolonged Exposure (PE) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), both of which are first line interventions for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Greg is well versed in assisting Veterans and their families with common concerns including the discharge process, work stressors and the stigma associated with mental health concerns. He maintains strong links in the Veteran community in Adelaide and is a provider of a range of group programs for Veterans.

Ms Erin Leahy, Clinical Psychologist keyboard_arrow_up

Erin Leahy is a registered Clinical Psychologist and member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS). She completed a Master of Psychology (Clinical) degree in 2011 and has over 13 years' experience in assessing and treating sleep problems across the lifespan. Erin is a trained and certified therapist in CBT-i (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia), considered the first line treatment for insomnia by International and National medical guidelines. She is also highly experienced in the treatment of sleep problems relating to body clock alignment, mental health difficulties, and health-related issues. Erin’s approach to therapy is non-judgmental, practical and collaborative. She tailors therapy to meet the individual needs and circumstances of her clients to help them address any potential barriers and achieve long-term change. Erin provides consultations in-person at the Sleep Clinic or via telehealth.

Ms Darah-Bree Bensen-Boakes, Provisional Psychologist keyboard_arrow_up

Ms Darah-Bree Bensen-Boakes (B. Psych (Hons)) is a second-year Clinical PhD Student at Flinders University. She is currently a provisional psychologist at the AISH clinic. Her specific interests include the treatment and management of sleep disorders, such as insomnia and co-morbid insomnia and sleep aponea. Darah-Bree also has a distinct clinical interest and research focus on the identification and treatment of a phenomenon known as Sleep-wake State Discrepancy.

Physicians

Professor Robert Adams keyboard_arrow_up

Prof Robert Adams, (MBBS, MD, FRACP, FRCP) is the Professor of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Flinders University and the Medical Director of the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health. He is an active clinician as consultant specialist physician in the Respiratory and Sleep Services at Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN), based at Flinders Medical Centre. He has authored over 340 peer-reviewed publications in journals and books and received many large research grants. Prof Adams is Deputy Chair of the Sleep Health Foundation, the leading community advocacy organisation for sleep health in Australia.

Dr Simon Proctor keyboard_arrow_up

Dr Simon Proctor is a respiratory and sleep physician with interests in clinical research and lung cancer screening. He holds positions at the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Staff Specialist Consultant Physician and Director of Physician Education. Simon consults at FHMRI Sleep Health in the Sleep Health Treatment Program, where his focus is on the use of non-contact remote monitoring technology for the assessment and follow-up of obstructive sleep apnoea. He treats sleep disordered breathing and provides initial work-up for insomnia, working alongside a team of psychologists for ongoing treatment. He is undertaking a PhD at Flinders University, where he is investigating the role of novel technologies to diagnose, monitor and treat chronic respiratory and sleep conditions.

Dr Thomas Altree keyboard_arrow_up

Dr Thomas Altree is a specialist physician in respiratory and sleep disorders. He completed respiratory training in Adelaide before undertaking a Sleep Medicine Fellowship at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney and a PhD at Flinders University. He cares for patients across the spectrum of sleep disorders. He is also an active researcher at the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, where he investigates new drug treatments for obstructive sleep apnea, and the changes in breathing that occur during sleep in people with lung diseases.

Administrative Staff

Mrs Perea Hill keyboard_arrow_up

Perea is an Administration Assistant in Flinders University's College of Medicine and Public Health.

Mrs Amanda Lawless keyboard_arrow_up

Amanda is an Administration Assistant in Flinders University's College of Medicine and Public Health.

Privacy and confidentiality

Information we collect about you keyboard_arrow_up

Any contact you have with a doctor or psychologist in relation to your health and wellbeing is recorded in a dedicated electronic file in our clinical database and secure survey platform (RedCAP). We use this system as we are predominantly a research-based clinic. To manage our operations, we use an encrypted cloud-based health care practice management software called Halaxy,  which is designed to assist healthcare professionals with patient management. These systems are separate from any other systems at FHMRI Sleep Health or Flinders University and can only be accessed by approved administrative and clinical personnel. You will be asked to read and sign a consent form.

The information kept in the RedCAP files includes:

  • Personal information (e.g. name, address, contact details)
  • Demographic information (e.g. gender, DOB)
  • The date and time of any contacts with us, as well as who you saw
  • Brief summaries of each of your contacts with us
  • Details of treatments being provided
  • Details of assessments or tests conducted
  • Detail of any referrals provided
  • Letters received or sent in relation to your care
How we use your information keyboard_arrow_up

The information in your file is used to help provide ongoing care for you. It is a record of your contacts with us, and the outcomes of those contacts and helps us provide continuity of care.

The situations where we may need to use or disclose confidential or personal information regarding your treatment, information which you provide to us, or information which is otherwise on your record (“Confidential information”) to other staff or third parties are:

  • where we are required to disclose the confidential Information by law;
  • where disclosure is warranted in order to prevent an imminent threat to your health or safety, or the health or safety of another person;
  • where the disclosure is requested by authorities in connection with a criminal investigation;
  • where the disclosure is to the University in connection with suspected unlawful activity or serious misconduct. 
  • Outside of these situations, we will require your consent prior to any use or disclosure of your personal information.

Our location and contact details

The FHMRI Sleep Health Clinic (formerly AISH) is located at:

Level 2A
Mark Oliphant Building
5 Laffer Drive
Bedford Park SA 5042

Map ref no U17

Parking is free for 2hrs in any of the marked ‘Visitor’ parking spots..

FHMRI Sleep Health

To find out more, please contact us at:

sleephealthtreatment@flinders.edu.au

(08) 8432 4242

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