Sleep Deprivation‚ Disorders‚ and Drugs JoAnna Gonzales PSY/240 August‚ 18‚ 2013 Dean J. Marzofka Sleep Deprivation‚ Disorders‚ and Drugs Some people may not be aware of the effects or causes of sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation can affect one’s moods‚ behaviors‚ cognitive‚ and motor skills. The lack of sleep may be the result of one’s environment‚ a sleep disorder‚ or perhaps certain drugs. To gain a better understanding of sleep deprivation‚ we will examine the different sleep stages‚ common
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elude you for you sleep are the close cousin of death‚ but no matter how I try and escape the grasp of the two of you‚ I know soon I will fall prey to your seductive charms and my only reward will be to dream of his beautiful face”- Anneke Wilson Sleep! Some of us have no problem getting there‚ while others have to fight just to get an appointment with the sandman. During this paper I will talk about the effects that lack of sleep has on people‚ including myself. I will talk about how it has affected
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Sleep Deprivation‚ Disorders‚ and Drugs When it comes to a situation in which I did not get enough sleep‚ with going to school and working full time and having children there are many situations where I did not get enough sleep. The situation I chose out of all of them was not that long ago. I wake up at 6:00 am‚ drive to Glendora‚ CA from Pomona‚ CA to wake up my children and have them get ready for school‚ then I go back to Pomona‚ CA to clean the house or I go back to the Glendora‚ CA to work
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Sleep Deprivation‚ Disorders‚ and Drugs Tyesia Wheeler Axia College of University of Phoenix PSY 240 Autumn Harrell December 16‚ 2012 Almost everyone‚ at some point in their lives‚ suffer from sleep deprivation. There are a lot of different reasons that people lose sleep that include not feeling tired‚ or because of their jobs‚ life issues‚ and etc. Many people believe that 8 hours of sleep is required for a person to function right during the day; while others believe that they can function
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Altered State of Consciousness‚ also known as ASC‚ is a temporary change in one’s normal mental state without being considered unconscious. There are many different types of ASC but some examples would be dissociation‚ hypnosis and meditation. All these forms of ASC can all be achieved in different ways‚ and are achieved for different reasons. For example‚ meditation is usually used to help reduce stress‚ and lower anxiety. While hypnosis is used to open people to the power of suggestion. Altered
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Chapter 4 talks about states of consciousness. William James is associated with the stream of consciousness‚ which is a term used to describe the continuous flow of changing stations sensations‚ images‚ thoughts‚ and feelings. Consciousness is an individual’s awareness of external events and internal sensations under a condition of arousal. There are two types of consciousness‚ awareness and arousal. Awareness is awareness of the self and thoughts about one’s experiences and thoughts about our thoughts
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States of Consciousness Jackson Explain all four states of consciousness and provide an example of a behavioral associated with each state of consciousness. Waking consciousness: state in which thoughts‚ feelings‚ and sensations are clear‚ organized and the person feels alert. An example would be doing your daily activates. Sleep/dreams: Your body must sleep. You have internal clock that tells you when to go to sleep and when to wake up. Everyone needs at least eight hours of sleep. There are
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response to drug treatment seen in the elderly is very different to that seen with younger patients. Altered drug response in the elderly is often associated with changes in the body that result in modification to the pharmacokinetics of the drugs in older people. Absorption changes result from Morphological changes to the gastrointestinal mucosa. GI function changes have an effect on enzymatic breakdown‚ dissolution‚ and drug ionization which then leads to alterations in oral drug absorption.
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Sleeping Disorder Nightmares are bad dreams occurring during REM sleep. Children experience nightmares more than adults because they spend most of their sleep in REM sleep. Nightmares can be physical such as sleeping in an uncomfortable position‚ having a fever‚ or psychological causes such as stress‚ anxiety‚ and ingestion of drugs used in pain killers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone. REM behavior disorder is a disorder where the mechanism that blocks the movement of the voluntary muscles
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features of nature and delight. Happiness coming upon man when anxiety and passion of the day is over. " Tristram Shandy Introduction The sleep state is defined as a reversible behavior accompanied by a perception disconnection state (Patrick Ealy. - 2009). In brief‚ sleep and rest is a common activity in humans. It is striking how even an individual´s typically rigid behavior changes to get out of quiet desperation and entering into dreams as a colorful world‚ without ties or limitations to
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