Sleep disorder
hideA sleep disorder (somnipathy) is a medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders are serious enough to interfere with normal physical, mental and emotional functioning. A test commonly ordered for some sleep disorders is the polysomnogram.
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News tagged with sleep disturbances
Study shows that sleep disturbances improve after retirement
Nov 02, 2009 |
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A study in the Nov.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that retirement is followed by a sharp decrease in the prevalence of sleep disturbances. Findings suggest that this general improvement in sleep is likely to result from t ...
Depression predicts increases in inflammatory protein linked to heart disease
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Which comes first, depression or inflammation? To help solve this long standing chicken and egg conundrum, researchers led by Jesse Stewart, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at Indiana ...
Workplace bullying is associated with sleep disturbances
Sep 01, 2009 |
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A study in the Sept.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that current or past exposure to workplace bullying is associated with increased sleep disturbances. Associations also were found between observed bullying and sleep ...
First human gene implicated in regulating length of human sleep
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Scientists have discovered the first gene involved in regulating the optimal length of human sleep, offering a window into a key aspect of slumber, an enigmatic phenomenon that is critical to human physical and mental health.
Dementia induced and blocked in Parkinson's fly model
Aug 01, 2009 |
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Parkinson's disease is well-known for impairing movement and causing tremors, but many patients also develop other serious problems, including sleep disturbances and significant losses in cognitive function known as dementia.
Poor sleep in children may have prenatal origins
Aug 01, 2009 |
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A study in the Aug.1 issue of the journal Sleep found that alcohol consumption during pregnancy and small body size at birth predict poorer sleep and higher risk of sleep disturbances in 8-year-old children born at term. ...
A simpler definition for major depressive disorder
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Researchers from Rhode Island Hospital's department of psychiatry propose that the definition for major depressive disorder (MDD) should be shortened to include only the mood and cognitive symptoms that have been part of ...
Poor sleep is independently associated with depression in postpartum women
Jul 01, 2009 |
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A study in the July 1 issue of the journal Sleep suggests that postpartum depression may aggravate an already impaired sleep quality, as experiencing difficulties with sleep is a symptom of depression. Twenty-one percent of dep ...
Mindfulness Training Improves Sleep Quality; Lessens Need for Sleep Medicines
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stressed-out people sleep better and take sleep medication less often when they learn to let go of intrusive thoughts, according to researchers at Duke Integrative Medicine.
Socioeconomic status, gender and marital status influence sleep disturbances
Jun 10, 2009 |
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According to new research, increased sleep disturbances are associated with lower education, income or being unmarried or unemployed. Disturbances are much more likely in multiracial individuals.
Nightmares predict elevated suicidal symptoms
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Self-reported nightmares among patients seeking emergency psychiatric evaluation uniquely predicted elevated suicidal symptoms. Results indicate that severe nightmares were independently associated with elevated suicidal ...
Impaired brain plasticity linked to Angelman syndrome learning deficits
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 10, 2009 |
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How might disruption of a single gene in the brain cause the severe cognitive deficits associated with Angelman syndrome, a neurogenetic disorder? Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of ...
Maternal depression is associated with significant sleep disturbance in infants
May 01, 2009 |
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A study in the May 1 issue of the journal SLEEP suggests that babies born to mothers with depression are more likely to suffer from significant sleep disturbances at 2 weeks postpartum that continue until 6 months of age ...
A good night's sleep even more elusive for anxious children
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Managing routine sleep problems in children can be a testing time for parents as well as being highly stressful for the child. Add a child with anxiety to the mix and a good night’s sleep for everyone can be elusive if not ...
Use of antidepressants associated with improvement in symptoms of fibromyalgia
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 13, 2009 |
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The use of antidepressant medications by patients with fibromyalgia syndrome is associated with a reduction in pain, sleep disturbances and depressed mood and improvement of health-related quality of life, according to an ...
