Episode 5: Reducing Suicide Risk Through Wearable Technology with Dr. Michelle Patriquin

Mind Dive

By interrupting a patient’s sleep for safety checks during the night, are psychiatric hospitals working against the benefits of inpatient treatment? Upon being discharged, many people have the same complaint: They felt like they didn’t get any sleep. Nighttime check-ins, a standard part of safety procedure, are likely a contributing factor.

Having poor quality of sleep or an increased amount of sleep disturbances during a hospital stay can take a significant toll on someone’s mental health. For clinicians, finding a way to monitor effectively for patient safety while lessening the potential disruption of their sleep is an important endeavor.

On this episode of the Mind Dive podcast, The Menninger Clinic’s Dr. Michelle Patriquin joins Dr. Bob Boland and Dr. Kerry Horrell to discuss her efforts to pioneer research in the field of wearable technology meant to improve patients’ sleep experiences while in the hospital. By finding less invasive methods of monitoring sleep, Dr. Patriquin champions a future of patient monitoring and protocols that promotes mental health sustainably, long after their hospital stay.

“The dream is to improve outcomes for our most psychiatrically vulnerable patients that come for inpatient care,” said Dr. Patriquin.

Patriquin also discusses how wearable technology may someday provide greater insights into a patient’s risk of suicide.

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