Category: Sleep Disorders
The Good Therapy Blog
November 24th, 2010 |
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Certainly the college experience can be a lot of fun: parties, new friends, travel abroad, extracurriculars, and even some exciting classes. But to anyone who has experienced college and then looked back from the other side, it’s no surprise that this is a highly stressful time. Adjusting to new living environments, transitioning from dependence to independence, rigorous academic expectations, demanding responsibilities to clubs and organizations, and generally exploring the various life choices that come with newfound freedom. These are all common undergraduate... Read More
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November 22nd, 2010 |
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Depression is one of the most frequent reasons that people find a therapist or counselor. Feeling down, deflated, hopeless, worthless, and unmotivated are all part of what makes up the experience of depression. It varies from individual to individual, and both the causes and effects of depression are complex and wide-ranging. In the past few weeks, several new studies on depression have been published. Though each of these studies involved animals, they may provide helpful insight into... Read More
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November 8th, 2010 |
Psychotherapy can be an exceptionally effective means of overcoming psychological roadblocks and changing unwanted patterns, both mental and behavioral. A new study on the mind and sleep suggests that getting a good night’s rest may help these lessons ‘stick.’ In the study, participants who learned new vocabulary words at night and then slept for eight hours absorbed the knowledge better than people who learned the words in the morning and then were awake for eight hours. While sleeping, our... Read More
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November 2nd, 2010 |
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It is well-documented that sexual abuse, especially during childhood, is one of the traumatic life experiences that make a person far more likely to suffer symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder later down the line. Psychotherapists and counselors regularly work with people who have spent their whole lives responding, both psychologically and emotionally, to the abuse they suffered years and decades earlier. In addition to treating abuse survivors for their current conditions, therapists and mental health professionals can also learn from abuse survivors to... Read More
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October 22nd, 2010 |
It’s not just the experiences you encounter by day that impact how you feel. A study published this week in Australia finds that nighttime plays a big role, too. People with untreated sleep apnea, which prevents adequate rest, had markedly higher rates of depression, stress, and anxiety. A good night’s sleep refreshes us, making us more psychologically resilient against workplace stress and less irritable in response to small annoyances around the house. If you’re in therapy... Read More
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October 11th, 2010 |
Sally does not stop for breakfast and instead goes straight from her bed to her desk. She begins typing on the computer while unknowingly holding her breath. Jumping from one website to the next she feels busy. Her muscles tense. She pushes herself to continue working. By the end of the day, she is exhausted and restless. Feeling very tired and wired she takes a sleeping pill to go to sleep. This daily work pattern continues until she finds herself sick in bed with the flu. Illness brings on a needed a period of rest.
Spending time in her garden or even taking a break for lunch has become less... Read More
September 19th, 2010 |
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Insomnia can be psychologically frustrating and physically draining, and the older a person gets, the more likely they are to have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep. Some people’s sleep problems can be traced to life experiences or mental patterns that can be addressed with a therapist, counselor, or other mental health professional. Worry over work or finances, social anxiety, and overall stress may keep someone awake at all hours. In such a case, a psychotherapist can use cognitive behavioral therapy and other proven disciplines to help the individual... Read More
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September 2nd, 2010 |
A new study shows that young adults (ages 17-24) who get less than the recommended hours of sleep (7-8 hours per night) are more prone to developing mental health problems later in life, or experiencing worsened symptoms for existing problems. The study, which was conducted by the George Institute for Global Health in Sydney, Australia, involved 20,000 participants and is the first to document on a large scale the sleep-mental health connection.... Read More
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August 18th, 2010 |
Young parents, especially exhausted moms, relish the moments when their children fall asleep in their arms. Ask any parent of teenage children: those long-ago moments when their infant children rested against their chests, heavy with sleep, are among their most cherished memories of parenthood.
We spend a third of our lives asleep. Issues of children, parenting and sleep are perennial topics of debate and changing best practice. And few topics raise more anxiety than the issue of the family bed: when and how do parents allow their children to sleep with them? Whether infant or toddler, most... Read More
August 12th, 2010 |
Plenty of research over the past few decades has addressed the immediate impact of acute sleep deprivation, such as “all-nighters,” on the human mind. But a new study shows that chronic sleep restriction (consistently inadequate sleep several nights in a row) is equally harmful to a person’s mental and physical health. Scheduling work and social obligations to facilitate healthy sleep should be a priority whenever it is possible to do so. But if a person is regularly kept... Read More
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May 4th, 2010 |
Last month I wrote about the importance of getting adequate sleep in alleviating anxiety. I mentioned some studies which are showing that sleep deprivation may actually be one of the primary contributors, if not one of the causes of anxiety problems, as well as depression, and other psychiatric disorders. Sleep appears to be very important for emotional regulation and emotional processing. I also gave several suggestions on ways to improve sleep by limiting/changing the types and amounts of food and chemicals people put into their bodies and by adding physical activity and bedtime routines to their... Read More
April 28th, 2010 |
When I was 16 and an academic superstar, I set up a number of appointments to visit Ivy League and other colleges that I might attend the following year. Most of these visits involved campus tours on which my parents would accompany me. A few involved the opportunity to be hosted overnight by current freshmen in their dormitories. Although extremely socially uncomfortable, I managed the Princeton overnight with a modicum of grace. The Princeton campus was suburban and reminded me a lot of the university town in which I had grown up.
Then came the Yale overnight. My mother and I arrived in New... Read More
April 8th, 2010 |
While sleep concerns including insomnia and a general sense of sleepiness throughout the day are typically thought of as being issues that affect adults, a growing number of children are exhibiting such difficulties. A recent study carried out at Idaho State University has found that children and adolescents who have trouble with sleep are significantly more likely to experience other psychological concerns, such as the development of drug and alcohol abuse, along with decreased academic performance and higher risks... Read More
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April 6th, 2010 |
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Difficulty sleeping is a serious issue that affects scores of people in various stages of life, and which can have a debilitating impact on careers, relationships, and overall quality of life. Understanding how sleep cycles are influenced by daily activities and personal factors is an important pursuit among researchers, and breakthroughs can have a profound benefit for people suffering from poor sleep efficiency, difficulty falling asleep, and other associated challenges. The elderly population... Read More
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