L26 Sleep & Stress

Flashcards covering key vocabulary terms related to sleep disorders (insomnia) and stress, their causes, symptoms, treatments, and cultural considerations for healthcare access, based on the PSYC112 lecture.

Insomnia

Dissatisfaction with sleep for at least 3 months, affecting quantity or quality, and causing distress across areas like falling asleep, maintaining sleep, or early morning awakening.

Causes of Insomnia

Sleep obstruction and pain (Physical). Anxiety, worry, and stress (psychological)

Environmental Intervention (for sleep issues)

Includes stimulus control, sleep hygiene, and sleep restriction as treatments.

Stimulus Control

An environmental intervention aimed at improving sleep.

Sleep Hygiene

Practices and habits necessary to have good nighttime sleep quality and full daytime alertness, used as an environmental intervention.

Sleep Restriction

An environmental intervention used to consolidate sleep.

Stress (Mate Māharahara)

Our body's response to a demand or threat, such as new life situations, workload, or negative life events.

Short Term Stress

Stress that can be normal and even helpful.

Symptoms of Stress

Headaches, muscle tension, feeling anxious, changes in diet, upset stomach, poor sleep, difficulty concentrating, and sickness.

Long Term Stress

Stress that affects physical systems (increased stress hormones, increased ageing) and mental health (depression, anxiety, worry).

CBT or ACT (for stress treatment)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, involving cognitive reappraisal and evaluation of coping strategies.

Systemic Factors (affecting treatment access)

Risk factors (age, poverty), historical factors (urbanisation), and current processes (discrimination, racism) that influence access to treatment.

Talanoa Approach

A method focusing on people's words and collecting rich voices to understand service use in context and identify what works well and why, particularly for Pacific Communities.