Sleep medicine

In the 1970s, there has been a growing awareness of the sleep patterns in adolescence. In a study at a summer sleep camp at Stanford during the 1970s, 10 to 12 year old girls and boys were monitored every year for 5 to 6 years. Results showed adolescents were more alert at 8 pm than earlier in the day, and show even greater alertness at 10 pm. This is because melatonin secretion occurs at a later time in adolescents, according to an experiment conducted by Dr. Mary A. Carskadon of Brown…

The phrase “sleep is for the weak” is commonly heard but is anything but true. In fact, sleep keeps us from being weak in all aspects of our lives. Although sleep is an “important influence on well-being”, adolescents often fall short of how many hours of sleep their bodies need to maintain optimal health (Santrock, 2016, p. 259). Adolescence is the developmental period beginning at ages 10 to 12 and ending at approximately 18 to 22 years old when many changes are occurring (Santrock, 2016, p.…

House of Cards. During the day when I feel dog-tired or enervated, I orchestrate a tranquil nap. After a good night sleep or day time nap, I always feel like a rejuvenated newborn baby. That grinded my gears, and prompted me to think, why do we need to sleep? Sleep has been a behavior of humans since the beginning of mankind, it is one of the most basic human needs. We can die of sleep deprivation, before food deprivation. Even though science and technology has evolved, we still don’t know…

have a serious problem with, is the ability to not get proper sleep and most don’t realize how detrimental that affects ones health. This could be a result of a lack of educated information such as what amount of hours a sleep the human body should obtain, or these individuals aren’t aware of their bodies are telling them. There are many studies that take a look at sleep disturbances in the general population, results show that sleep disturbances may be caused by symptoms such as reaction time…

Yet another one of my goals is to maintain my intellectual wellness. School has always been very important to me. All throughout high school, I worked very hard to maintain a 4.0 GPA and to take as many college credit classes as my school offered. I want to try my hardest to keep this up for as long as I can in college. I know that it will be more difficult, but I think that it is possible. In order to get the highest GPA that I can, I will set a SMART goal to do homework for at least an hour…

(Pearl & Joseph, 2013). This paper discusses the relationship between sleepwalking and the stages of sleep, the causes of sleepwalking in children…

Many college students at the emerging adult stage experience difficulty managing their sleep cycle, and tend to lose more sleep than they should. First years especially experience this because of the transition from high school to college. They are expected to manage their own time, but many underestimate how demanding classes are and end up losing sleep to irregular sleep schedules, sleep disturbances and day napping (Ye, L., Hutton Johnson et al., 2015). Entering a new school environment…

finding the one. I often lie awake at night pondering the infinite possibilities in life, and it terrifies me to think that there are some versions of my life where I will not find anyone. It is a crippling concept of fear that can only be cured with sleep until tomorrow. The still air in my room allows for the worst sound imaginable to pervade space: the sound of one heart aching. In this sound, my mind wanders through the darkest parts of my head and drudges up only the worst of the memories.…

adequate sleep to optimal physiological and cognitive function Dr. Loredo states in the video “Sleep and Sleep Disorders in the Older Adult – Research on Aging” (Loredo, n.d.,) that sleep affects optimal physiological and cognitive functions significantly by improving the ability to learn and in the prevention of diseases, particularly cardiovascular disease. An example of an improvement of a cognitive function is learning. Learning can be furthered by “30, 40, and 50%” (Loredo, n.d.) with sleep…

Sleep. It is one of the most important aspects for leading a healthy and jubilant life. It is a fundamental human requirement which can dictate the productivity, mood, performance, and other aspects of one’s everyday lives. The most important stages for humans to clock-in lots of sleep are in their younger years, yet it seems as if the adolescence is when people receive the least amount of rest. Lack of sleep in teens is a result of their crowded schedules and school beginning too early for the…