Tag: deep sleep

  • GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER (GAD) DISRUPTS SLEEP CONTINUITY

    GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER (GAD) DISRUPTS SLEEP CONTINUITY

    Research findings have documented patterns of decreased sleep efficiency, disrupted sleep continuity, and overall lightening of sleep in generalized anxiety disorders (GAD); however, the presence of comorbidity, especially with mood disorders, is believed to confound the results. As a solution to this conundrum, the current study investigates sleep architecture in a group of otherwise healthy…

  • VISIT TO A SLEEP LAB: SLEEP STAGES

    VISIT TO A SLEEP LAB: SLEEP STAGES

    WAKEFULNESS:The eye movement lines look like mirror images of hills and mountains. The brainwaves on the screen are small, rapidly but irregularly oscillating lines, like a very nervous person might make if trying to draw a straight line. This low, fast, random pattern of brain waves is called beta waves, and they indicate wakefulness.The muscle…

  • IS BODY TEMPERATURE IMPORTANT IN SLEEP?

    IS BODY TEMPERATURE IMPORTANT IN SLEEP?

    Sleep can only occur if optimum body and brain temperature is reached.

  • DOES SLEEP DEPRIVATION INCREASE ANXIETY?

    DOES SLEEP DEPRIVATION INCREASE ANXIETY?

    Sleep deprivation increases anxiety, especially after more than 72 hours of no sleep.