A Brief Guide to Chronic Insomnia Disorder
What is chronic insomnia disorder?The official Diagnostic Criteria for Chronic Insomnia Disorder provide an excellent “tick-off-list” to determine what symptoms are present, and if...
Challenging the Tendency to Oversleep: A Strategy for Confronting Chronic Depression
Chronic depression is a common and disabling disorder that is often resistant to standard antidepressant treatment. Many patients with chronic depression have a strong...
The Secrets of Falling Asleep
In the sleep medicine toolbox, doctors differentiate between the disorders ofFalling asleep (sleep onset disorder)
Staying asleep (sleep continuity disorder)
Early morning awakeningOur...
Does Sleep Reflect Daytime Experience in Specific Parts of the Brain?
The dolphin sleeps with one half of its brain at a time, while the other half stays awake. This was shown by the Russian...
The Night, and Sleep, Need Darkness
The Night, and Sleep, Need DarknessWe are losing the night. Most parts of the world are lit up with streetlights and other sources of...
Sleeping Tips When Staying Indoors During Isolation Period
Why does getting up at the same time every day make you sleep better at night? How does the time you eat affect your...
Whispering for better sleep, and remembering what you learn
Rumination, worry, and negative thoughts disturb our sleep, making them key targets for psychological interventions. Especially during the sleep onset period, negative thinking increases...
Sleep and Aging: Why Does Sleep Change as We Age?
Sleep is controlled by our “sleep need” and by our circadian clock. This “two-process” model of sleep basically says that we have to be...
Dividing sleep across day and night: polyphasic sleep is not for most of us
What do Leonardo da Vinci, Nicola Tesla, and Cristiano Ronaldo have in common? All of them allegedly followed or still follow a so-called “polyphasic...
Ten Easy Steps to Becoming an Early Bird
by Michael Terman, PhDIf you decide you want to be more of an early bird, here are ten concrete steps you can take. They...
