by Taylor Bennett | Jun 27, 2019 | Counseling News, Food, Sleep Disturbances
Many Americans don’t get enough sleep, nor do they consume enough vitamins and minerals. A new study conducted by Pharmavite LLC, a dietary supplements company, says the two might be connected. Researchers analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition...
by Taylor Bennett | May 7, 2019 | Counseling News, Emotional Regulation, Sleep Disturbances
Do you have trouble falling or staying asleep? Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience say your insomnia might stem from emotional distress.The team asked participants to relive shameful moments from their past, while receiving an MRI scan of their...
by Taylor Bennett | May 3, 2019 | Counseling News, Depression, Sleep Disturbances
The less sleep we get, the more negative we become. This, from a study at Karolinska Institute that analyzed 117 participants.Researchers sought to explore how sleep deprivation affects us emotionally: specifically, our mood and our ability to regulate emotions. The...
by Taylor Bennett | Jan 15, 2019 | Counseling News, Disorder, Sleep Disturbances
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) causes an individual to experience uncomfortable sensations in their legs, of which can typically be alleviated by movement.These sensations usually occur at night, when the individual is sitting or lying down and can have serious...
by Taylor Bennett | Jan 14, 2019 | Counseling News, Mental Health, Sleep Disturbances
Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder in which the individual’s breathing repeatedly stops and starts again while they sleep. There are a few different kinds of sleep apnea, of which are rooted in the cause of the breathing disruption: sometimes, the cause is the...
