Explanations for Insomnia

1. IDA - 1 of the causes of primary insomnia is a person's belief that they're going to have difficulty sleeping - such an expectation becomes --------------- because the person is tense when trying to sleep. (4, 10)
4. Other sleep disorders (-----------) like apnoea can cause insomnia. (11)
10. IDA - (expectation) - 1 way to treat this is based on the ----------- theory - the insomniac attributes their sleep difficulty to insomnia but if they can be convinced their problem lies elsewhere it will end their dysfunctional attribution. (11)

2. The large number of factors that may contribute to a person's insomnia makes it difficult to conduct meaningful research because research tends to find only ----- effects. (5)
3. Predisposing factors include a -------- vulnerability for insomnia - evidence for a genetic link comes from twin studies. (7)
5. Who suggests that perpetuating factors are the key to chronic insomnia? (5)
6. Precipitating factors are the events that ------- the disorder in a vulnerable individual. (7)
7. It's important to ---------- between primary & secondary insomnia because of the implications for treatment - if insomnia is a symptom of another disorder then it's important to treat the disorder, not the symptom (insomnia). (11)
8. Perpetuating factors = factors that -------- insomnia even when original causes (such as stress) have disappeared/been treated - perpetuating factors include being tense when going to bed because of previous sleep problems. (8)
9. It could be that ------ was the initial cause of insomnia & ------ has negative effects on the immune system. (6)

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