Week 5 Flashcards

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What is normal sleep?

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Regulation of both the Homeotstatic and Circadian cycles.

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Describe what is ment by the Homeostatic model of sleep (Sleep drives sleep mode)

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This means that with every hour you are awake the drive to sleep inceases

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Descibe what is meant Circadian alterness, how does it differ from homeotsasis

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Circadian signal increases in the morning and levels out and decreases when we sleep. unlike homoestasis which ises throughout the day and falls duing sleep, circadian peaks between 6 and 9pm

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What are some chnages in sleep that occur as we age

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there are more wakeful peiods and less rem sleep

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Who is most likely to insomnia. Hannah a 60 year old femal, Larry a 72 year old male, Hayley a 22 year old female, or Ryan and 19 year old boy explain why.

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Hannah age 60 followed by Larry ages 72 then Hayley at 22 and finally Ryan.

Females have higher rates of insomnia, as do older people.

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how is insomina diagnosed

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complaint of inabiity to sleep
distress
cant sleep 3 times a week for 3 weeks
cant sleep despite adequate oppertunity 
disturbance is not due to something else
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describe psychophysioogical insomnia

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heightened levels of arousal lead to an inability to wind down and generate sleep this leads people to conclude they cant sleep which also prevents them sleeping

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what is sleep state misperception

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a perceived inability to sleep: sleep is monitered and looks fine but in the morning the person will report poor sleep

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describe idiopathic insomnia

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develops in childhood and lasts a long time, there are issues in initiating and maintaining sleep but there is not real cause i.e. not hyperarousal etc.

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describe Inadequate sleep hygiene

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insomnia due to sleeping a non-regular time leading to a sort of jet lag and lack or rituals or unhealthy rituals (using phone) before bed

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describe Adjustment Sleep disorder

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someone who is struggling to sleep in response to a stressor e.g. life anxiety or PTSD

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describe Behavioural insomnia of childhood

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children who develop poor sleeping habits e.g. refusing to go to bed. Or not sleeping in own bed/needing music or a show to listen to. When the music is no longer there, or they have to sleep in there own bed they develop insomnia like symptoms.

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what is narcolepsy

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recurrent periods of an irrepressible need to sleep or lapsing into sleep

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how is narcolepsy diagnosed

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Occurring three times a week for at least 3 months
an episodes of cataplexy (loss of muscle tone) , hypocretin (chemical signal used to stay awake) deficiency and or REM sleep within 15 minutes of sleeping a short sleep latency (fall asleep quickly)

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what is Circadian Rhythm Disorder

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A persistent or recurrent pattern if sleep disruption primarily due to an alteration of the circadian system and the sleep wake schedule required
- This may lead to excessive sleepiness or insomnia of both

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16
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what is Shift work sleeping disorder

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out of time circadian rhythm due to having to work through the night

17
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what is Irregular sleep-wake pattern

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insomnia at night and sleepiness during the day with fragmented sleep

18
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contast Delayed sleep vs advanced sleep phase syndrome

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delayed = sleep late wake late
advanced = sleep early wake early
19
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what is Non-24hr sleep wake disorder

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there is no rhythm of sleep and wake (50% blind individuals).

20
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what is the Chronotherapeutic approach to treatment of sleep disorders

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Shifting the circadian rhythm using light and melatonin.
Someone with an advance should have bright light leading to sleep and melatonin in the morning with someone with a delay should have melatonin in the afternoon and bright light in the morning

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what are parasomnias

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unusual sleep acts such as night terrors and sleep paralysis

22
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what are disorders of non rem sleep and what are there characteristics

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sleep walking and sleep terror. amnesia episodes

23
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what is nightmare disorder

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a disorder of rem sleep, repeated dreams making the individual awake and alert

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what is rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder

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complex or violent behaviours while sleeping (most common in middle aged or older people_