1 Sleep Deprivation, Disorders, and Drugs Amanda Powell Psychology 240 3/14/14 Jennifer Graves 2 There is one distinctive time that I remember not having enough sleep and feeling deprived of it. I was up all night with my new puppy, this was just recent actually. She was sick all night, and I had to get up and go to a job interview in the morning, only being able to sleep for about 3 hours when I woke up I felt, as they say “groggy”, I was more tired when waking up than I had been going
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30, 2012 Effects of Sleep Deprivation Getting the proper amount of sleep can be very rewarding. You wake up feeling refreshed and ready to take on the day. Sleep is also required to maintain health and allowing your body time to repair itself from hectic days. The effects of sleep deprivation are many, and the effects can be not only harmful, but deadly. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website on sleep, “insufficient sleep is associated with…diabetes
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that humankind encounters in modern times , it is evident that sleep becomes less of a priority compared to other tasks that need to be accomplished, this could lead to various negative effects to the human body, this research will look for the short and long term effects of this practice, the researchers aims to make the readers realize of how much a threat to one’s health sleep deprivation actually is. The effects of sleep deprivation are starting to get recognized and are becoming apparent based
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concentrate. Barbiturates induce sleep; people often take them to treat sleep disorder. What are effects of stimulants? Stimulants produce the opposite effects of depressants. Some drugs raise blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration. As the drugs wears off user often experience an emotional crash involving anxiety, depression, and fatigue. What are effects of opiates? Opiates produce lethargy and pronounced slowing of almost all bodily functions. These drugs also alter consciousness, producing
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Assignment: Sleep Deprivation, Disorders and Drugs Christy Sultzer PSY/240 January 23, 2012 Dr. McClenan Title of Paper As a mother, wife, and student I am very familiar with sleep deprivation. A perfect example of this involves my puppy. In August of 2010 my husband and I began searching for a puppy for our daughter. We had left town for a funeral, we actually left the state for a funeral, and were visiting a friend of mine a few days before we left to come home. I had mentioned
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states to others. Beneath the surface, unconscious processing occurs simultaneously on many parallel tracks. Our daily schedule of waking and sleeping is governed by a biological clock known as circadian rhythm. Our sleep also follows a repeating cycle. Awakening people during REM sleep yields predictable “dreamlike” reports that are mostly of ordinary events. Freud’s view that dreams can be traced back to erotic wishes is giving way to newer theories, for example, that dreams help us process information
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7/17/2014 Dr. Ganser Endocrine system effects on Sleep Deprivation Deprived sleep is a universal widespread problem observed in both children and adults. It is a vital process that helps in the functioning of learning, memory processing, cellular repair, and brain development. Statistics show that the average total hours of sleep have decreased per person to less than 7 hours per night over the past 3 to 4 decades. Many people experience sleep loss due pressures at work, stress, and our day
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The article I chose to write about was titled,Sleepless night, restless mind: Effects of sleep deprivation on mind wandering. This article focuses on the effects that sleep deprivation can have on the mind, and behavioral changes. Mind wandering, according to the article, results in disengagement of attention from the environment leading to reduced sensitivity to external inputs. Mind wandering has been linked to poor behavior outcomes in tasks that are very simple, and has also been linked to hindering
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. A correlation study I was interested in researching was the correlation between teenage mood swings and sleep deprivation. As a parent, you anticipate the days of dealing with teenager who is experiencing mood swings. I have a sixteen-year-old daughter who is constantly going through mood swings. One minute her and I will be engaged in a nice conversation and literally the next minute I am her worst enemy. There is no way a parent can prepare themselves for what they will deal with
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contributed by genetic factors and as well as environmental influence (Kato, 2007). Study of Genetics had suggested that the regions of chromosome and the candidate genes are responsible for development of bipolar disorder. Genes of an individual are likely to effect in a small way to this disorder. Abnormalities or anomalies in the structural and functional circuits of brain could cause bipolar. Meta analyses of MRI study on structural basis of bipolar reports an increment in the volume of the globus pallidus
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