Sleep Deprivation
Sleep deprivation is a severe, overlooked problem for our society and has many negative consequences not accredited to this disorder. A lot of the talk circulating these days is focused on self well-being. We are told from elementary school on to eat from all five food groups, exercise three to five times a week, wash our hands before we do anything, and to disinfect all surfaces in the kitchen to prevent the spread of ecoli and salmonella bacteria. Lectured to all young people are effects of smoking, alcohol, and the dangers of drugs, marijuana and the like. We are told that all these things could lead to our ultimate downfall and may cause a premature death. Drugs and alcohol can lead to depression and alter the mind, cigarettes lead to heart disease and lung cancer - everyone knows these facts. However, what is not focused on and given due recognition, is perhaps the most common of all health threats in our society. It is sleep deprivation- not getting enough sleep or, when attempting to do so, sleeping terribly or with discomfort. It is sleep deprivation that causes anxiety, stress, poor judgment, decreased productivity, accidents, and behavioral changes for the worse in many people today. Not recogn
Dryer, Bernard M.D. and Ellen S. Kaplan. Inside Insomnia: How To Sleep Better Tonight. Villiard Books, New York. The history of sleep deprivation goes back to a time of great More serious than teenage regression is decreased productivity in the workplace. Ironic as it is, the workers who try to pull all-nighters and work until exhaustion are actually doing no good and possibly only taking steps backwards. Quality of work is affected as well as capability to be efficient. Numbers say that 31% of people claim that sleepiness affects their job performance on a regular basis (Clark 282). Workplace accidents are also growing pattern. These mishaps, combined billion every year, or $410 million daily (Curry). Sleep deprivation is believed to have played a part in the Prince Edwardıs Sound (Alaskan) oil spill, the Three Mile island Accident, Chernobyl, Bhopal, and the space shuttle Challengerıs explosion.
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