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    SLEEP

    HEALTH

    BY E M I LY D U B O W S K I , L M S W
    H O M E L E SS C A S E M A N A G E R P R O J E C T
    C O O R D I N AT O R
    T H E W O M E N ’ S C E N T E R O F TA R R A N T C O U N T Y
    Why Do We Need Sleep?
    The Circadian Rhythm
    • Circadian Rhythm is
    genetically programmed
    • Controlled by Melatonin

    • Light signals to our brain


    to suppress melatonin

    • Less light= more production


    of melatonin= more
    sleepiness
    Sleep CyclesStages
    • Stage 1
    • Stage 2

    • Stage 3
    • Stage 4

    • REM sleep
    Sleep Cycles
    (First of two
    light sleep
    stages)
    Stage 1:

    • Drifting in and out of sleep


    • Eye movements slow down
    • Can still hear things and
    have a sense of
    • awareness
    Drifting in and out of sleep
    • Muscles begin to relax
    7 minutes,
    • Lasts about _____
    unless you are woken (easily
    can be woken by things around
    you in this stage)
    Sleep Cycles
    (Second of two
    light sleep
    stages)
    Stage 2:

    • Heartbeat and breathing slow


    down further

    • No eye movements.

    • Body temperature drops

    • Brain produces “brain


    spindles”

    • Lasts about10-60
    _________ minutes.
    Stage 3 & 4:
    Sleep Cycles
    (Deep Sleep
    Begins)

    • No muscle activity or eye


    movement
    • Hard to wake up from this
    stage
    • Deep sleep helps
    strengthen the immune
    system
    • No dreams during deep
    sleep
    • Lasts about 30
    _____ minutes.
    REM Sleep:
    Sleep Cycles
    (Rapid Eye
    Movement)
    • Body is very inactive, while brain is
    very, very active
    • Heart rate increases and breathing
    becomes more irregular
    • Dreaming occurs during REM

    • Lasts about10 _____ minutes the


    first time a night.

    • Lasts about45_____ minutes the


    final cycle of the night.
    Sleep Disorders
    Sleep
    Insomnia Shift Work Disorder
    Paralysis

    Sleep Apnea Narcolepsy Sleep Bruxism

    Restless Leg Fatal Familial


    Syndrome Insomnia
    What Would Happen if You
    Didn’t Sleep?
    How Much Sleep Do We
    Need?
    8-10 hours Teens
    Newborns 14-17 years
    0-3 months
    Preschool Adults
    3-5 years 18+ years
    14-17 hours 10-13 hours

    7-9 hours
    School Age 11-14 hours
    6-13 years Toddlers Infants
    1-2 years 4-11
    months
    9-11 hours 12-15 hours
    Sleep Problems
    30 of adults and
    ___%
    ___%
    66 of
    adolescents are
    regularly sleep

    Adenosine deprived

    Coffee/Caffeine
    Fatal Familial Insomnia
    Sleep Walking
    Sleep Walking

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