"Sleep disorders appear to be a global epidemic, affecting up to 45% of the world's population" (Noor, et al n.p.). That’s leaving a 55% chunk of the world’s population not affected. More than 70 million people in our nation experience sleep disorders, most of whom are unaware of the impact on their daily life (Wells,Vaughn 234). Due to a large portion of people being unaware of sleep disorders’ impaction, the number continuously increases. Major sleep disorders are known to be Rapid Eye Movement(REM), Insomnia, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea(OSA). Over 80 medically recognized sleep disorders exist with insomnia, sleep apnea, snoring, jet lag, shift work, sleepwalking and restless legs syndrome being some of the most common (Wells, Vaughn 234). "Poor sleep in the general population has been shown to have a significant impact on daily function, including considerable daytime cognition dysfunction, decreased ability to accomplish daily tasks, diminished sense of success and achievement, depressed mood, and reduced enjoyment of interpersonal relationships" (Andrews, Strong n.p. 500). Sleep disorders affect a large portion of society, leading people to have a daily lifestyle of drowsiness, stress and poor productivity; treatment has increased as more people become aware of sleep disorders.
Many people in the United States, view poor sleep to be an individual's choice instead of an affliction. The number of sleep disorders that are present today is over the top. "Insomnia affects 10 to 15% of the general population and is the most prevalent sleep problem" (Wells, et al 235). With the statistic: 45% of the world’s population is affected by sleep disorders (Noor, et al n.p.). It’s an eye opener to know 15% of the 45% is impaired by Insomni...
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Millions of people suffer from the same tossing and turning every which way, getting their sheets all disarranged and their insistent minds abundantly worse. Patients often proclaim indications of insomnia while sitting in the family health clinic. Insomnia traits include hindrance falling asleep, continueing to awaken, and rejuvenating before wanted. One may suffer from insomnia if one shows signs of an increased difficulty in attentiveness, decreased communal or scholastic skills, and a diminished mood or enthusiasm. (Foldvary-Schaefer 111). Countless individuals deal with insomnia for a large amount of their lives and some choose differing treatments, while some do not use any treatments at all. While never being uncommon, the amounts of causes leading to insomnia come in boundlessly; finding new studies and stories every day.
studying the subject, the origins in the brain responsible for sleep are still not fully understood and thus, facilitate continual probes
Sleep is one of our basic needs to survive and to function in day to day operations, but not everyone needs the same amount of sleep. Some people can survive on very little sleep, i.e. five hours a night, and some people need a lot of sleep, to the extend that they are sleeping up to 10 to sometimes 15 hours a night (Nature, 2005). According to Wilson (2005) the general rule states that most people need from seven to eight hours of sleep. The deprivation of sleep in our society in continually increasing with the demands in society increasing work loads, the myth that a few hours of sleep is only necessary to function properly and that sleep is sometimes considered as killing time (Nature, 2005). Sometimes sleep deprivation is also caused by other situations like sleep disorders, i.e. sleep apnea, chronic insomnia or medical conditions such as stress (Wilson, 2005).
The discovery of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep suggested that sleep was not, as it was thought to be, a dormant state but rather a mentally dynamic one. Your brain is, in fact, very active in this state, almost to the level at which it is when a person is awake. Yet during this active stage in which most dreams occur, the movements of the rest of the body are completely stilled. To imagine this paralysis during dreams not occurring is a frightful image, since in many cases dreams are violent and active. When the neurotransmitters that control the movement of the body do not work properly the person develops REM sleep behavioral disorder (RBD).
Several studies found that alcohol abuse and suicidal ideation was usually accompanied by trauma related insomnia and nightmares. In a longitudinal study, Pigeon, Campbell, Possemato, & Ouimette (2013), examined the prevalence of insomnia and nightmares after six months in eighty combat veterans who met the criteria for sub threshold PTDS. Interviews and self-reports were conducted to measure the severity of insomnia and/or nightmares associated with PTSD (Pigeon et al., 2013). Results indicated that a high PTSD symptom severity level was associated with insomnia; more frequent nightmares; greater alcohol use; and symptoms of depression in the past six months (Pigeon et al., 2013). After six months, veterans were reassessed for whether the insomnia and nightmares frequencies had improved (Pigeon et al., 2013). Out of the entire group of veterans “74% presented with insomnia and 61% endorsed distressing nightmares” (Pigeon et al., 2013, p.549). By the end of the six months, veterans reported a 26% decline in nightmares and a no change in insomnia (Pigeon et al., 2013). The findings demonstrated “a strong association between the presence of sleep disturbance (both insomnia and nightmares) and the severity of both PTSD and depressive symptoms; that the persistence of these symptoms is particularly associated with insomnia; and that insomnia itself does not spontaneously resolve” (Pigeon et al., 2013, p.549). This research established the need for MHNs to implement interventions that will help individuals to cope with the trauma related distress that could contribute drug abuse; suicidal ideation; and insomnia and nightmares. Early interventions for PTSD are necessary to control, reduce or prevent symptoms and the risks they ma...
Sleep is an essential life process that has been accredited as a crucial role on our wholesomeness and well-being as individuals for thousands of years. Our knowledge on sleep has increased tremendously over the past century thanks to advances in technology and remarkable research that has been done. A lot more information of how sleep occurs and the effects it has enough has on the body, the brain and our everyday lives is now understood. With this information another interesting topic has gained recognition, which is sleep disorders. One specific sleep disorder is insomnia.
And clinicians are taking serious notice (Copyright ©2014, EHC Enterprises, LLC). A debilitating condition, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), afflicts an estimated 7.7 million American adults, according to the National Institutes of Health. Amid this population are those who acquired the disorder in combat. PTSD is characterized by symptoms resulting from traumatic event experience. These symptoms include recurring and distressing memories of trauma, hyper arousal, and avoidance of stimuli that trigger traumatic memories (Leis Sci 2003). Due in part to this clustering of symptoms, PTSD has high comorbidities with anxiety disorders, major depressive disorder, and sleep disturbances. Consequently, those with PTSD have been known to engage in avoidant coping strategies, such as alcohol and drug abuse, to ameliorate the symptomatology associated with the condition (NIH Medline Plus 2009; 4(1): 10–4). Participating in fly fishing has shown results for people battling PTSD including reduced outburst, better sleep habits and also less social withdrawal. The benefits of better quality of sleep assist in healing other parts of PTSD, these findings were from a study using two day three night trips. Attentiveness and positive mood states, coupled with significant and sustained reductions in negative mood states, anxiety,
Presented at SLEEP 2015, the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Societies LLC., lead investigator and study author Xiang Gao and his team collected data from 72,916
Everybody in the world requires sleep; although, not everybody requires the same exact amount. There is no answer as to why some people need more sleep than others, but the fact of the matter is that in order to live a productive and healthy life, everyone needs sleep. In fact, research has shown that humans should get a minimum of eight hours of sleep each night, which would ultimately be one third of a person’s total lifespan. Unfortunately, studies show that on average people only get seven and half hours of sleep per night, and one third of the population gets even less than that. Loss of sleep causes many poor side effects. People fail to realize that sleep is a very important time of the day, if not the most important. It is the time for our body and brain to not only recover, but also rejuvenate. Sleep is the time for our minds and bodies to release emotion and consolidate new memories. This enables humans to remember the past, organize the present, and anticipate the future. To this day, sleep is a very contemplated and questioned subject in today’s society, and yet no one has an exact answer to the tricky questions that have become a major issue in today’s up-tempo lifestyle. People need to realize the importance that sleep has in human life, the effects that lack of sleep can have on a person during work, school, and even driving, and how society can adapt as a whole to become overall healthier.
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We experience two phases of sleep which repeat themselves every ninety to one hundred and ten minutes, achieving approximately five complete cycles per night. The phases are non- rapi...
Important public policy issues have arisen in our modern 24-hour society, where it is crucial to weigh the value of sleep versus wakefulness. Scientific knowledge about sleep is currently insufficient to resolve the political and academic debates raging about how much and when people should sleep. These issues affect almost everybody, from the shift worker to the international traveler, from the physician to the policy maker, from the anthropologist to the student preparing for an exam.
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