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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Circadian sleep disorders

Roughly 50% of people suffer from sleep related problems.

Sleep is closely linked to the field of psychiatry. Not only is sleep often affected by mental disorders and medications, an irregular sleep pattern has profound effects on our mood.

This is a segment from Nightline with Ted Koppel from 1996 about Circadian sleep disorders.

Dim those lights when it gets dark out. It can help reset your clock and mood!

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syWF7n9-EZQ&feature=channel&list=UL
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5bk5Gv0ySo&feature=related
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g86_If2IrRE&feature=endscreen&NR=1