Topic: Insomnia Purpose: To inform my audience about an object Specific purpose: To inform my audience how insomnia can affect people throughout their everyday activities. Thesis: Insomnia is the inability to obtain an adequate amount or quality of sleep at night. Introduction: I. Attention: Did everybody get 8 hours of sleep last night? I know I didn’t. II. Reveal & relate topic: Insomnia is a serious medical situation that can harm your health and your everyday life. Today
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Between Anxiety and Insomnia Natalia Salzano Hunter College‚ CUNY Abstract Anxiety is commonly associated with insomnia. Many research have been done in this area. The results of the previous research studies often revealed strong relationships between anxiety and insomnia. Often‚ anxiety and insomnia can be frequently associated with depression. This research study was conducted among Hunter College students in order to investigate a relationship between anxiety and insomnia. There were 22 students
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The Controversy On Treatment For Insomnia: Therapy or Medication? PSY101: Introduction to Psychology Instructor: Tolanda Marin January 20‚ 2014 I can ’t sleep; I lay their awake for hours at time‚ my workday just drag on without being able to accomplish my work in a timely manor. My boss doesn ’t know and the lack of sleep is going to get me a poor review. I want to go out tonight but I’m just too tired‚ I need to sleep. This is the effect of insomnia‚ statements like these cause people
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suffers from a severe case of insomnia. Causes Guilt/Anxiety “Guilt is effectively a form of anxiety or stress‚ so it ’s stress hormones that are preventing you from sleeping. It ’s a continuous flight or fight response‚ but the body isn ’t capable of dealing with prolonged stress‚ as the hormones make sleep difficult and lighter as it ’s expecting to have to run away soon.” (Ashley Morris‚ 2012‚ 1.) Throughout the film‚ we find Trevor’s insomnia partially stems from his own personal
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Psychology Research Report on Insomnia: Symptoms‚ Causes‚ and Treatments. Sleep is vital to human life yet over 100 million Americans of all ages regularly fail to get a good night ’s sleep (Morin‚ 2004). This is especially visible at university where students always complain of being tired because of a lack of sleep. One disorder that can lead to lack of good sleep is insomnia. It is therefore significant‚ in our sleep-deprived society‚ to learn what insomnia is‚ how it is caused‚ and how it is
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Does Insomnia Have a Negative Affect on an Individual’s Health? Daina Whitehead‚ 0807887 University of Guelph PSYC 2360 Dr. M. Gloria Gonzales-Morales Abstract Surveys were sent out to 2600 people that are apparently suffering from some form of insomnia. The surveys asked how many hours the participant slept as well as a series of health related questions regarding their mental and physical state. The answers were assessed to see if there was
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Presentation Summary Fatal Familial insomnia (FFI) What is Fatal Familial Insomnia? Also known as FFI. Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI) is a genetic sleep disorder - but it is a rare one. It has been diagnosed in less than 40 families worldwide‚ including the Chicago music teacher‚ Michael Corke‚ who featured in the BBC documentary The Man Who Never Slept. FFI begins as an unexplained sleeplessness during middle age and rapidly develops into a fatal insomnia. It is caused by a genetic mutation
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Necessity of Sleep College students everywhere are famous for their lack of sleep. From studying‚ to working‚ to partying life at a university is constantly in motion‚ and for many students‚ it’s difficult to find time for sleep. However‚ the effects of not getting enough sleep and depriving your body of rest are detrimental. These negative consequences hurt students; emotionally‚ academically‚ and physically. Their causes can be anything from stress to diet and the sleep deprivation that is
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attacked by the desire to sleep. On the sixth day‚ the man was finally allowed to sleep. He slept for 25 hours straight. Sleep deprivation remains one of the most severe form of mental torture ("Shattered! - The Need to Sleep Part 1"‚ 2012). Nowadays‚ insomnia is the most common sleep disorder. More than 30% of the population is affected by this problem without even knowing it (“Can ’t Sleep”‚ 2011). This problem is characterized by certain causes and consequences but can sometimes be cured with specific
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A variety of studies have been conducted on insomnia‚ ADHD‚ schizophrenia‚ depression‚ and OCD. A systematic review of current pharmacological treatments of these neurological disorders listed above will allow for a beneficial analysis of the pros and cons of each type of established treatment‚ and will allow patients to determine the efficacy of each treatment‚ and pick the one that will be the most useful for them. It is imperative that these disorders are properly treated as they may be debilitating
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