Other states of Consciousness
A state of extreme self-focus and attention in which minimal attention is given to external stimuli. In the therapeutic setting, a clinician may use relaxation and suggestion in an attempt to alter the thoughts and perceptions of a patient.
What is hypnosis?
Sleep is characterized by darting movements of the eyes under closed eyelids.
What is Rapid eye movement? (REM)
A consistent difficulty in falling or staying asleep.
What is insomnia?
Includes a variety of negative symptoms experienced when drug use is discontinued.
What is withdrawal?
Internal cycle of biological activity.
What is a biological rhythm?
Is the act of focusing on a single target (such as the breath or a repeated sound) to increase awareness of the moment.
What is meditation?
Is a rapid burst of higher frequency brain waves that may be important for learning and memory. This occurs during stage 2 of sleep.
What is a sleep spindle?
Is one of a group of sleep disorders in which unwanted, disruptive motor activity and/or experiences during sleep play a role.
What is parasomnia?
Name of all 4 classes of drug.
Stimulants, Sedative-Hypnotics (“Depressants”), Opiates, and Hallucinogens.
Drug that tends to suppress central nervous system activity.
What is a depressant?
Can states of consciousness occur naturally or be induced True or false?
true
This content refers to the hidden meaning of a dream.
What is latent content
A state in where the sleeper engages in relatively complex behaviors ranging from wandering about to driving an automobile. While asleep.
What is sleep walking?
Are drugs that tend to increase overall levels of neural activity.
What are Stimulants?
One of a class of drugs that results in profound alterations in sensory and perceptual experiences, often with vivid hallucinations.
What is a hallucinogen?
is being In a coma a form of consciousness? true or false
true/it is a disorder
Type of wave that have the lowest frequency and highest amplitude of our sleeping brain wave patterns. During NREM stage 3 sleep.
What are delta waves?
A state in result in a sense of panic in the sufferer and are often accompanied by screams and attempts to escape from the immediate environment.
What are night terrors?
A type of amphetamine that can be made from ingredients that are readily available (e.g., medications containing pseudoephedrine, a compound found in many over-the-counter cold and flu remedies).
What is methamphetamine?
People become aware that they are dreaming and can control the dream’s content.
What is a lucid dream?
can scientists explain consciousness yet ????
no
is a very high amplitude pattern of brain activity that may in some cases occur in response to environmental stimuli.
What is a K-complex?
device includes a mask that fits over the sleeper’s nose and mouth, which is connected to a pump that pumps air into the person’s airways, forcing them to remain open.
What is a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)?
Type of clinic that help people who previously struggled with opioid addiction manage withdrawal symptoms through the use of methadone. Other drugs, including the opioid buprenorphine, have also been used to alleviate symptoms of opiate withdrawal.
What are Methadone clinics?
Emotional, rather than a physical, need for a drug which may be used to relieve psychological distress.
What is psychological dependence?