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Mrs. Marsh
Psychological Disorders
Unit 12: Abnormal Psychology
Recurring problems
in falling or staying
asleep.
Associated Features
It is not an occasional inability to sleep when anxious or
excited.
Chronic or persistent difficulty with sleeping:
Trouble falling asleep.
Frequent awakening.
Getting a full night’s sleep but not feeling rested.
Poor Treatment
Many mistakenly try to treat the problems using
sleeping pills or alcohol.
These tactics reduce REM sleep, leaving people feeling groggy
and tired the next day.
Treatment
Exercise.
Avoid caffeine and rich food in the afternoon or before
bedtime.
Drink milk before bed to generate serotonin.
Relax before bed, use dim light.
Sleep on a regular schedule.
Hide the clock.
Manage your stress levels.
A sleep disorder characterized by
uncontrollable sleep attacks; the sufferer
may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at
inopportune times.
narco = numbness
lepsy = seizure
Associated Features
Overwhelmed with sleepiness; collapses into REM sleep.
Release of muscular tension.
“Attacks” usually lasts less than 5 minutes
Some lasting between 10-20 minutes
Associated Features
“Attacks” sometimes occur at inopportune times:
For example
After taking a terrific swing in baseball.
When laughing loudly.
When shouting angrily.
During sex.
Etiology
Research has been discovering that the disorder is a
brain disease.
Genes may play a role.
Absence of a hypothalamic neural center that produces
orexin (a neurotransmitter associated with alertness).
Treatment
Medication
Hope of treating the disorder with a drug that mimics the
missing orexin.
Insomnia
Affects 10% of adults
and 25% of older adults.
Narcolepsy
1 in 2000 (0.05%)