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    Alzheimer’s disease, Insomnia disorder and Sleepwalking disorder. First, I will describe Alzheimer's disease it is a progressive condition that damages areas of the brain involved in memory, intelligence, judgment, language and behavior. According to Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States and more than five million Americans the ages of sixty and older are living with this disease. In two-thousand and twelve, 15.4 million

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    Insomnia What is Insomnia? Not-So-Goodnight? Insomnia is a sleeping disorder which is characterized as a difficulty or having hard time to fall asleep. People who are experiencing insomnia has some struggle when going to sleep, wakes up often in the middle of the night and has trouble getting back to sleep, feeling tired and waking up too early even if you didn’t have enough sleep. Reasons for Sleep Deprivation Include: There are many ways how and why someone is going through a sleep

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    practice is prescribing of hypnotics in the management of insomnia. Background: I feel that patients, especially elderly people, who are on sleeping tablets/ hypnotics/ Schedule-8 drugs for a long period of time, put pressure on general practitioners for initiation or continuation of these drugs and therefore I want to reduce this rate besides improving management of this condition as a whole as it is a very common presentation Insomnia is defined as “A disturbance of normal sleep patterns in which

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    from insomnia (Belleville et al., 2016). This information remind me that the treatments of GAD need further research in order to enhance the current methods and explore for more new technology and therapy (Gutierrez & Camarena, 2015). In this literature review, I will analyse three research paper in order to introduce different types of treatment and the reliability of these treatments based on the research descriptions. In the first article “Sequential treatment of comorbid insomnia and generalized

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    result in a bad mood or depression. There are a few health disorders that go with the reason for the depression. One of those disorders is insomnia. Specifically insomnia is a disorder that causes a difficulty to fall asleep. Ruth M. Benca says, “Nevertheless, insomnia is more closely related to depression than to any other medical disorder, and the fact that insomnia most commonly precedes depression suggests a possible causal association between sleep disturbance and depressed mood.” (2005). Consequently

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    College students face many difficulties and stressors in college, both academically and non-academically. Some of these challenges include, but are not limited to: financial, health and personal issues. The workload that students can receive from classes as well as the college environment may result in issues that are more health related, such as stress disorders, depression, and anxiety. These in turn may lead to other issues such as sleeping problems or sleeping disorders. Students may develop

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    In simulated insomniac environments, two scientist kept 3 subject awake for a period of 90 hours, then they tested them in an effort to gain more insight on how insomnia affects the brain. The results they gathers on memory, attention, and motor ability proved to be “irregular and unsatisfactory” however results for the psychical body came back and it was discovered that while the experiment was ongoing the 3 subjects increased in weight. It was also revealed that after the study concluded the subjects

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    Insomnia can be caused by depression , unhealthy sleep habits, anxiety or it can be genetically transmitted. Researchers are trying to find out what it the main cause for insomnia or what really is insomnia. They found out that insomnia is the brain having trouble turning off so therefore you are not able to go to sleep. Insomnia can be organized into two types, they are primary and secondary. Primary insomnia is if an individual has problems sleeping that

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    ieltshelpnow.com ACADEMIC MODULE PRACTICE TEST 1 ACADEMIC LISTENING PRACTICE TEST 1 SECTION 1 Questions 1 - 10 Questions 1 - 5 Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD OR A NUMBER for each answer. PAN ASIAN AIRWAYS LOST PROPERTY REPORT FORM Example First Name Surname Address Postcode Home tel. Mobile tel. Flight Number Seat Number From To Answer Kirsty Allen (1) ____________________ Windham Road Richmond (2) ____________________ 020 8927 7651 (3) ____________________ (4) ____________________

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    seems to allay people who battle insomnia at night. We as human beings spend one third of our lives in a mysterious, potentially dangerous and seemingly unproductive state of unconsciousness--and no one knows exactly why. Yes, we do need sleep in order to rejuvenate our body and mind. Without sleep, our bodies experience multiple physical and mental malfunctions. Insomnia is a common sleep disorder that scourges millions of people around the world by not

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