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| What percentage of patients seen for mental health care report sleep problems? |
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| why do women have more sleep problems than men? |
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| How many hours of sleep do newborns need? Preadolescents? |
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| newborns need 17-18 hours, preadolescents need 10 hours |
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| how many hours of sleep do adolescents, adults, and elderly need? |
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| adolescents need 9, adults and elderly 10 |
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| The ratio of total sleep time to nocturnal time in bed is called? |
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| the pattern of NREM and REM sleep in a 90 to 110 minute cycle refers to? |
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| ______ ________ refers to the time between bedtime to the beginning of sleep. |
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| The __________ _______ ___________ is an endogenously generated rhythm close to 24 hours, synchronized with the day/night cycle. |
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| What system in the brain maintains wakefulness as it decreases neurotransmitters that promote sleep take over? |
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| the reticular activating system |
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| Physiologically, what substances/chemicals within the body can cause sleep disorders? |
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| dopamine, GABA, adenosine, histamine, hypocretin, melatonin and cortisol |
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| What does the heart have to do with sleep disorders? |
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| circadian rhythm disturbances |
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| Where is the internal pacemaker of our circadian system located? |
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| suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN)? what is that? |
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| has to do with circadian rhythm and the internal pacemaker in the hypothalamus |
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| When the rhythms of the circadian rhythm is ________________, they peak at different times and can look like mental illness. |
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| What interdisciplinary treatment would be used for circadian rhythm sleep disorders? (give 3) |
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| Chronotherapy: progressively delay bedtime 3 hours a day until target time is reached; light therapy; short acting hypnotics to induce sleep |
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| A ___________ records brain patterns during sleep in a sleep lab, confirms sleep disorders, describes sleep architecture, and any abnormalities. |
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| The "stimulus control" behavioral intervention for evidence-based treatments of insomnia refers to what? |
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| Use bed only for sleep and sex, white noise, phone off, blacken windows, note on door, enlist support of family and friends, cool temp |
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| Elaborate on sleep restriction and relaxation treatment of insomnia |
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| try to avoid naps and sleep only during regular sleep hours, relax by deep breathing, stretching, meditation, progressive relaxation, and/or visualization |
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What sleep disorder is this?
-excessive sleepiness for at least 1 month, demonstrated by either daytime sleep episodes or sleeping extended periods at night, sleeps 8-12 hours, difficulty awakening, poor concentration and memory and excessive daytime sleepiness |
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This sleeping disorder is describes as:
-irresistible urge to sleep at any time of the day, regardless of the amount of previous sleep (3 x per week for 3 months) |
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| Bilateral loss of muscle tone while awake and oriented after strong emotion such as laughter, lasts, a few seconds, eyelids may droop, knees may buckle, slump in chair |
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| The cause of narcolepsy when cataplexy is not involved, is a hypocretin _________ _______ in cerebral spinal fluid, affecting the circadian rhythm. |
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| A person with _______________ has this going on: breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep, shortness of breath relieved by sitting up, insomnia or hypersomnia, morning headaches and snoring. |
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| what causes central sleep apnea to occur? |
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| brain is not sending proper signals to the muscles that control breathing |
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What disorder is this:
Recurrent episodes of incomplete awakening from sleep, usually occurring during the first third of the major sleep episode accompanied by either sleep terrors or sleep walking |
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| Non-REM Sleep arousal disorder |
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What is this describing and for what disorder?
Recurrent abrupt terrified arousals from sleep usually with a panicky scream. Intense fear and autonomic arousal such as mydriasis, tachycardia, rapid breathing, sweating; inconsolable |
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| Sleep terrors, Non-REM sleep arousal disorder |
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| What is used for PTSD from sleep terrors? |
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