Insomnia in the older adult significantly impacts the normal physical functioning and quality of life of patients. Evidence suggests that insomnia in the elderly is often overlooked‚ or undertreated by healthcare professionals (Moren & Benka‚ 2012). Cognitive behavioral strategies have been recommended to help relieve and even treat insomnia in the elderly (Moren & Benka‚ 2012). The purpose of this paper is to examine the current evidence supporting the use of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
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Insomnia Insomnia affects almost half of adults living in America. (# 8‚ 2012) This is a shared sleeping disorder that many people across the universe are diagnosed with. Several causes of insomnia include exercising too much‚ stress‚ withdrawal from alcohol or a certain drug‚ physical circumstances‚ and diseases. People with insomnia usually have trouble going to sleep or staying asleep‚ which causes people to have poor-quality sleep‚ which will affect their mood‚ energy‚ and productiveness
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Informative Speech - Insomnia Imagine the night before you are having an important job interview or you are due to give a big presentation. You make sure to be in bed early as you want to feel rested‚ be alert and look good the next day...but‚ to your disappointment‚ you cannot fall asleep. You toss and turn for an hour‚ finally you get up to walk around‚ drink something...by then you are so worked up about not being able to sleep that your sleep is delayed even more. Or for many of us it would
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Plan: Introduction Hook: insomnia is a common sleep disorder that plagues millions of people around the world. This problem can continue a couple of days or a couple of months‚ and is horrible in most cases. Background information: There are different causes for insomnia‚ but most people think that most of all cases are psychological. It is not a disease‚ but a symptom of a physical condition of the person. Thesis statement: Besides‚ there is a definition for insomnia: a person who has trouble staying
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1. Have I identified the cause or effect I am analyzing in my thesis? I feel that I have identified the cause and effect of insomnia and how it effects mental health in my thesis. The idea was to explore the causes of insomnia and how it effects a person’s behaviors and way of thought. 2. Have I explained the cause-and-effect relationship convincingly? I believe so yes. I feel that after going over the different causes of insomnia I touched on what it can do to a person’s life. Causing trouble
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Insomnia A/N: I don’t ship EreRi‚ but this was surprisingly easy to write. And quite enjoyable. I hope you enjoy reading this just as much as I enjoyed writing it. I’m now going to cry because I’m a piece of shit who doesn’t know how to prioritise and is really‚ really stressed because of it. . . . For the fourth time in a row‚ Eren can’t sleep. Throwing the sheets away from his body‚ clammy and gross as shit‚ Eren scrubs his hands over his face and emits a groan of frustration. He (figuratively
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Insomnia Title: What is Insomnia and how does it affect people? Name: Delores Rick General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience on what insomnia is and how it affects the people who has it. Time: 4-5 minutes I. Introduction A. How many people in this class have insomnia or trouble sleeping occasionally‚ raise your hand? B. Those of you who raised your could suffer from insomnia. C. Everyone has it at some time or another in their life. I
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Insomnia‚ a sleep disorder‚ is characterized by arduousness falling or staying asleep. This disease affects individuals nationally; more than 50 percent of the population undergoes this disease and teenagers and younger children comprise of about 25 percent of the population suffering from insomnia‚ making it a substantial disease to be indoctrinated about. (“Insomnia Facts”) Insomnia presents itself as a compulsory topic in a student’s edification since this subject impacts slumber patterns of the
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INSOMNIA Insomnia is difficulty in falling asleep or staying asleep or a disturbance in sleep that makes sleeps seem inadequate or unrefreshing (Princeton‚ Michael H & Donna L‚ 1991). One definition of insomnia is "difficulties initiating or maintaining sleep‚ or non-restorative sleep‚ associated with impairments of daytime functioning or marked distress for more than 1 month (Charles M‚ 2000). In general‚ people with insomnia sleep less or sleep poorly despite having an adequate chance to sleep
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period 5 September 28th‚ 2012 Insomnia Relief Leonardo da Vinci once said‚ “A well-spent day brings happy sleep.”…but what if you have insomnia‚ or in other terms‚ you just can’t sleep? People are losing sleep daily‚ in such a fashion that most trouble staying awake during school‚ work‚ or even driving. I’m certain somebody in this audience has had or is going through insomnia right now‚ because according to MedPageToday.com‚ 25% of teens suffer from Insomnia every night. So look around at your
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