Sleep Disturbances May Increase Risk of suicidal thoughts in young adults
Most people occasionally experience sleeping problems due to stress, hectic schedules, and other outside influences.
Most people occasionally experience sleeping problems due to stress, hectic schedules, and other outside influences.
‘Sleep disorders are characterized by abnormal sleep patterns that interfere with physical, mental, and emotional functioning.’
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The study, conducted by researchers at Northwestern, New York University and DePaul University, found violent crime changes the sleep patterns of children living nearby, which increases the amount of cortisol, the stress hormone, in the children's bodies the day immediately following the violent incident. Both sleep disruption and increased cortisol have demonstrated a negative impact on academic performance. They analysed sleep and stress hormones of 82 young people, aged 11 to 18, in a large Midwestern city. The students filled out daily diaries over four days, wore activity-tracking watches that measured sleep and had their saliva tested three times a day to check for cortisol. They compared the students' sleep on nights following a violent crime to their sleep on nights when there were no violent crimes committed nearby.
They also compared students' cortisol on days following a violent crime to their stress hormones on days when there were no violent crimes committed nearby. The students went to sleep later on nights when a violent crime occurred near their home, often resulting in fewer total hours of sleep. The changes in sleep and cortisol were largest when the crime committed the previous day was homicide, they were moderate for assault and sexual assault and nonexistent for robbery.
Restless Legs Syndrome Reduces Sleep Quality During Pregnancy
Restless legs syndrome is one of several disorders that can cause exhaustion and daytime sleepiness, which can strongly affect mood and concentration.
Restless legs syndrome is one of several disorders that can cause exhaustion and daytime sleepiness, which can strongly affect mood and concentration.
Mismatched Sleep Schedules Linked With Aging
Mismatched sleep schedules and restless nights may be an evolutionary leftover from a time many years ago, when a lion might try to eat you at 2 a.m.
Mismatched sleep schedules and restless nights may be an evolutionary leftover from a time many years ago, when a lion might try to eat you at 2 a.m.
Can Poor Sleep Indicate Risk of Alzheimer�s Disease?
Sleep problems could lead to an amyloid buildup in the brain. The biological markers for Alzheimer's disease were found in the spinal fluid of people who had a poor sleep.
Sleep problems could lead to an amyloid buildup in the brain. The biological markers for Alzheimer's disease were found in the spinal fluid of people who had a poor sleep.
