Outline and Evaluate one explanations of sleep disorders Narcolepsy is caused by disruption of sleep wake cycle, where sufferers fall asleep randomly, often whilst engaging in some kind of activity. It is a long-term neurological condition that disrupts normal sleeping patterns which affects 1 in 2000 individuals. The two main symptoms are excessive daytime sleepiness and episodes of cataplexy which is loss of muscular control which often happens when laughing. Other symptoms include sleep paralysis and hallucinations, both experienced when falling asleep and waking up, and disturbed night-time sleep. Narcolepsy usually begins in adolescence and the type of severity of symptoms vary from person to person and may either worsen or improve with time.
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS), interferes with normal activities on a daily basis, whether or not a person with narcolepsy has sufficient sleep at night. People with EDS often experience mental cloudiness, a lack of energy and concentration, memory lapses, a depressed mood, and possibly extreme exhaustion. Cataplexy consists of a sudden loss of muscle tone that leads to feelings of weakness and a loss of voluntary muscle control. It can cause symptoms ranging from slurred speech to total body collapse, depending on the muscles involved, and is often triggered by intense emotions such as surprise, laughter, or anger. Sleep Paralysis is the temporary inability to move or speak while falling asleep or waking up.
| Sleep is one of the important dimensions toward health and wellness and not getting enough of it can have negative consequences. Sleep deprivation happens for many reasons; intentional and unintentional reasons. Often it is a sleeping disorder that causes the deprivation. Things like work, hobbies, television, or parties are activities people generally tend to put extra time towards, which could result in sleep deprivation. They are events we intentionally put forth time and effort even when it is cutting into our sleep time, though at times they are unintentionally overlapping into our sleeping.
AO1 Neural: The neural explanation of sleepwalking suggests that sleepwalking is caused by immaturity of neural circuits in the brain causing the brain to be in a different state than normal sleepers. This is demonstrated by Olivero who found that sleepwalking is more frequent in children because the inhibitory system is underdeveloped, so that insufficient quantities of GABA allow motor activity (GABA is released during in normal sleepers to prevent
Experimental Research PSY/285 February 17, 2013 Experimental Research Pharmaceutical Research: Sleeping Aids There are many different kinds of sleeping aids that can help someone fall asleep today. Insomnia is when a person has a hard time falling asleep, staying asleep, or a disturbance in the quality of sleep a person gets that will make them feel they are not well rested when they do wake. Insomnia is more common today then we think, about 10% of adults suffer from severe insomnia. Lack of sleep may cause someone to have no motivation, mood swings, and not be able to function to their full potential. Insomnia has also been known to cause depression, anxiety, and stress, which in turn can cause other health problems.
Outline and evaluate one or more explanations for sleep disorders (24 marks) Some sleep disorders are serious enough to interfere with normal physical, mental, social and emotional functioning. Insomnia can cause problems with sleep patterns and in particular difficulties falling asleep or maintaining sleep. Some people who have very little sleep suffer no ill consequences and so a diagnosis of insomnia is not based on the number of hours slept but when the resulting daytime fatigue causes severe distress of impairs work, social or personal functioning for more than one month. Insomnia may be either secondary or primary. Secondary insomnia is when insomnia is caused by a psychiatric or medical disorder and is therefore often a symptom instead of another disorder.
Teen obesity can also affect mental health. For example some psychological problems associated with obesity are negative body image or depression, which can lead to viscous cycle of staying home watching TV, snacking, gaining more weight and feeling worse about themselves. This process can lead to even worse habits
Caffeine is then consumed as artificial energy to accommodate for the lack of sleep. However, by delaying classes, students will receive a longer sleep duration and feel less need to consume caffeine. Caffeine consumption in adolescents and children will ultimately have
Depression causes problems that can destroy childhood and continue to have harmful effects throughout the course of the child’s lifetime. Children who grow up maintaining a proper weight are less likely to have health issues and are less likely to be discriminated against or bullied, thus considerably reducing the likelihood of depression. In addition, this will lead to a better future. The information provided is important to inform people of the consequences of childhood obesity. It is also important to decide what measurements need to be taken to prevent this epidemic.
Trying to answer the question to the best of your ability, but you stumble up your words. Feeling so dumb, you tell yourself you should not, but the feeling still lingers. Teens in high school deal with so much anxiety and depression. It is unhealthy for students in school to feel this pressure. Feeling this way can cause some to face depression and even lead to suicide.