would have more creative and joyful lives. In addition‚ they would have fewer accidents‚ making the world a safer place for us all. We clearly need to sleep more and educate people about the three major causes of sleep deprivation: modern technology‚ insomnia and sleep apnea. In our society‚ sleep deprivation has developed along with advances in technology and our longer schedules. Before the invention of the light bulb‚ people rose when the sun rose and went to sleep when the sun set. Today the division
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gov/disorders/brain_basics/understanding_sleep.htm Cherry‚ K.(2012).Psychology. Stages of sleep. Retrieved from http://psychology.about.com/od/statesofconsciousness/a/SleepStages.htm Insomnia. Retrieved from:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/insomnia.html Insomnia overview.Retrieved from: http://www.emedicinehealth.com/insomnia/article_em.htm Rathus‚ S. (2012). PSYC 110 - Franklin University. (2nd edition). Belmont‚ CA: Pearson Custom Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-133-76754-1.pp.100. Walsh‚K.(n.d.). Restoration
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average man is running like a headless chicken without knowing where he is going. The reason for all these problems is lack of mental health. Mental health is as important as or even more important than physical health. A mentally strong person can overcome his physical disability and achieve something which many so called normal people may not achieve. A mentally weak person may resort to begging even if he has no physical disability. A criminal is a person with a sick mind. That the mind has a strong
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There are numerous types of sleeping disorders. The two most common are sleep apnea and insomnia. Up to half of the population suffers from insomnia and approximately 18 million people suffer from sleep apnea. One of the least common is narcolepsy. About 200‚000 people suffer from that disorder. (SleepNet‚ 2004) Insomnia is the most common sleeping disorder in the United States. The dictionary defines insomnia as a condition in which a person regularly experiences an inability to fall asleep‚ to
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HSC 037: Promote and implement health and safety in health and social care. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for regulating health and safety at work. This is done by a code of practice for employers‚ employees and visitors in order to prevent illness and accidents. The legislation that best relates to health or social care work setting is The Health and Safety Act Work Act 1974. This legislation best describes the work that employer and employees have to follow and provide
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marijuana The use of marijuana is popular for its recreational use but is beginning to rise in the medical field and should be legalized for its many purposes. Legalizing marijuana will not only help those with arthritis but it could help those with insomnia and help fight off the nausea and vomiting of chemotherapy. Although people think that smoking marijuana also has many side effects regardless of whether it’s medical or not‚ it is in many ways better for the body than those side effects of taking
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able to help others who are currently going through the same things that I myself have gone through in the past. I have included the assignments that you have asked me to complete. In this paper‚ I will be discussing schizophrenia‚ drug abuse‚ and insomnia. Schizophrenia is a very serious mental disorder‚ if not one of the worst. This is one of the least misunderstood as well as one of the hardest to cope with. In my opinion Schizophrenia is similar to heavy drug use only without‚ of course‚ the heavy
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smoking is psychological‚ because the way smoking is glamorized in the movies and also in advertisements. This is not the real reason one chooses to smoke; the addiction is due to the nicotine which makes it hard to quit once one has started. One can overcome his or her addiction‚ when the psychological reasons for smoking are eliminated. The reasons people chose to start smoking tobacco was to show he or she is not timid or afraid‚ because his or her friends do it‚ to look cool‚ to act grown-up‚ sign
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at some time in their life. Weather it is stress-induced insomnia‚ poor sleep hygiene‚ or a poor environment. The most common form of sleeping problem would be insomnia. Insomnia is the inability of a person to fall asleep‚ stay asleep‚ or fall back asleep upon waking. People that have insomnia often complain about impairments of attention‚ memory‚ ability to work and function. Insomnia can also affect one’s mood and cause anxiety. Insomnia can last anywhere from 2-3 weeks (short-term) to long periods
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Ulmer‚ Edinger‚ & Calhoun (2011)‚ to explore the feasibility of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and sleep interventions for veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD and insomnia. The experimental design‚ randomly assigned veterans to a treatment or control group (Ulmer et al.‚ 2011). Ulmer et al. (2011) hypothesized CBT for insomnia and imaginal rehearsal therapy (IRT) for nightmares would improve sleep quality significantly. The Data Analysis In order to test the hypothesis‚ Ulmer et al. (2011) used
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