Sleep Disorders
What is Somnambulism?
The formal word for sleepwalking.
Stimulants do what?
They excite neural activity and speed up body functions.
Psychoactive Drugs.
Chemicals that alter perception, thinking, behavior, and moods.
Hypnosis is?
An altered state of heightened suggestibility.
Name a few states of consciousness.
Daydreaming, sleeping, dreaming, drug induced.
REM Behavior Disorder is?
When people violently act out in their sleep.
Hallucinogens.
Alter moods, distort perceptions.
How do psychoactive drugs work?
They stimulate or inhibit different regions of the brain by interacting with the neurotransmitter system.
Meditation is?
A set of techniques that promotes a heightened sense of awareness.
Consciousness is?
Awareness of ones own sensations, perceptions, thoughts, and feelings.
Who is night terrors mostly seen in?
Mostly kids.
Depressants do what?
Reduce the activity of the central nervous system and cause relaxation.
Tolerance is?
Continued use of a psychoactive drug produces tolerance.
Hypnosis works as a what?
A method to control pain.
You spend 1/3 of your life sleeping.
Sleep Apnea is?
When you stop breathing while sleeping.
Narcotics.
They analysis that depress the central nervous system (pain relievers).
Withdrawal is?
Upon stopping use of a drug.
Post hypnotic suggestion.
A suggestion made during hypnosis session.
Stage 1 of stages of sleep?
Falling asleep "Twilight sleep" easy to woke up from.
Narcolepsy is?
When someone suddenly and uncomfortable falls into REM sleep.
Name all four of them.
Depressants, Narcotics, Stimulants, and Hallucinogens.
What causes can psychoactive drugs cause?
They can cause everything from mild relaxation or increased alters to vivid hallucinations.
Hypnosis is characterized by?
Narrow and focused attention, receptive attitude.
How much sleep do teens need?
8.5-9.5 hours.