Tag: deep sleep
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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…
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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…
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IS BODY TEMPERATURE IMPORTANT IN SLEEP?
Sleep can only occur if optimum body and brain temperature is reached.
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DOES SLEEP DEPRIVATION INCREASE ANXIETY?
Sleep deprivation increases anxiety, especially after more than 72 hours of no sleep.