Article for July, 2005
Women and Sleep: Making the Health Connection; Making Sleep a Priority
By Amy Wolfson, PhD, College of the Holy Cross, Associate Professor of Psychology
Regardless of age, sleep deprivation is common for women and consequences can range from mild or moderate changes in mood, alertness and performance to serious car accidents, depression, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes. A lack of sleep has more serious consequences than we may think.
Factors that contribute to our lack of sleep include our sex, menstruation cycle, pregnancy, perimenopause-menopause, and a variety of sleep disorders. According to the Better Sleep Council Poll, 44 percent of the women even emphasized that stress caused by work and family concerns impacted their ability to get a good night’s sleep. Another 13 percent cited allergies or cold-related problems as their main sleep-depriving culprit. As something that we must incorporate into our lives each day, we should make getting enough sleep a priority.
Amy Wolfson, PhD discusses the effects of these complications and others in great details as our July Featured Health Article. As the author of The Woman’s Book of Sleep: A Complete Resource Guide, she not only discusses the complications that arise from a lack of sleep, but also a variety of resources to help you overcome any problems you may be having with a lack of sleep.
This health article is brought to you by our Featured Health Article of the month:
Amy Wolfson, PhD
College of the Holy Cross, Associate Professor of Psychology
Amy Wolfson, PhD is a professor, researcher, and author of The Woman's Book of Sleep: A Complete Resource Guide.
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Last updated: July, 2005
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