Disorders of sleep
- Created by: kandy sisya
- Created on: 02-11-12 14:27
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- Insomnia
- Criteria for insomnia; sleep onset more than 30 minutes, time in bed spent sleeping is less than 85%, increase in night time awakenings may be short term, chronic or transient
- Chronotype: your circadian rhythm is genetic, larks circadian rhythm about 2 hours ahead, fighting these inbuilt mechanisms is likely to result in sleep disturbances, nature rather than nurture, reductionist view
- Diathesis: genetic predisposition, chronotype effecting sleep area of brain
- Stress: anxiety, arousal, poor sleep hygiene
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