PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Slow-Wave Sleep, Sleep Disorder, Orexin

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Rosalinde Klempan

Document Summary

Major disorders being tiredness and increased risk of depression. Insomnia recurring problems in falling or staying asleep, with the result. Narcolepsy brain disease, sudden attacks of overwhelming sleepiness, Night terrors targets children, they sit up/talk/walk, have doubled heart rates or breathing, appear terrified, don"t fully wake up, remember nothing, Nightmares occur during early morning rem sleep. Sleepwalking (nrem-3 sleep disorder) and sleeptalking (any sleep stage) childhood disorders, genetic, 20% of children sleepwalk, most likely to occur in younger kids usually occur during first few hours of nrem-3. Avoid caffeine, food and drink later in the day: exception: milk, it provides materials to make serotonin relax using dimmer light sleep on regular schedule and avoid naps. Hide the time to avoid looking at it reassure yourself temporary sleep loss causes no great harm (worrying about it causes insomnia) focus mind on non-arousing things (ex. If you awaken after 3 minutes of rem sleep you will recall your dreams vividly.