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	Delayed sleep phase syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Delayed sleep-phase syndrome (DSPS) is a chronic sleep disorder in which the patient's internal body clock is not in sync with the morning-rise / evening-sleep pattern of the majority of adults.
		Often, sufferers manage on a few hours sleep a night during the working week, then "catch up" by sleeping excessively at the weekend and sometimes by means of afternoon or evening naps, with inevitable effects on their social lives and, after decades, on their general health.
		"Delayed sleep phase syndrome: a chronobiological disorder with sleep-onset insomnia".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Delayed_sleep_phase_syndrome (989 words)

	Sleep Health Centers - Medical Literature - Circadian Rhythm Disorder
		During the 2-week luteal phase of each treatment cycle, patients were randomized to receive 30 min of evening light therapy using: (1) 10000 lx cool-white fluorescent light (active condition); or (2) 500 lx red fluorescent light (placebo condition), administered by a light box at their homes.
		Sleep and activity rhythms are related to circadian phase in the blind.
		The clinical circumstances for use of chronobiotics in sleep disturbances of the circadian kind, such as jet lag, shift work, delayed sleep-phase syndrome, advanced sleep-phase syndrome, irregular and non-24-hr sleep- wake cycles, are described under reorganized headings of disorders of entrainment, partial entrainment, and desynchronization.
	www.sleephealth.com /professionals/med_lit_circadian_rhythm_disorder.htm (3651 words)

	Delayed sleep phase syndrome
		Often, sufferers manage on a few hours sleep a night during the working week, then "catch up" by sleeping excessively at the weekend and sometimes by means of afternoon or evening naps, with inevitable effects on their social lives.
		Forcing a patient to go to sleep early, for example by the use of sleeping pills, and forcing early rising does not result in adaptation to the new sleeping pattern.
		Similarly anti-depressants, which are often prescribed for insomnia, may delay sleep onset even further in DSPS.
	www.mrsci.com /Sleep-Disorders/Delayed_sleep_phase_syndrome.php (832 words)

	Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome - Sleepchannel
		Delayed sleep phase syndrome results from a desynchronization between the patient's internal biological clock and the external environment.
		As soon as people deviate from a normal sleep pattern, they tend to assume that they are not capable of sleep at all, but this is not true.
		Incidence of delayed sleep phase syndrome is unknown.
	sleepdisorderchannel.com /dsps (355 words)

	Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome
		Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome (DSPS) is a disorder in which the major sleep episode is delayed by 2 or more hours of the desired bedtime.
		However, they do sleep soundly, wake up spontaneously, and do not feel sleepy again until their next "night," if they are allowed to follow their own late sleeping schedule.
		These persons have difficulty falling asleep and difficulty waking because their biological clocks are out of phase with the sleeping and waking times they try to carry out.
	www.psychnet-uk.com /dsm_iv/delayed_sleep_phase_syndrome.htm (549 words)

	Anxiety Zone - Delayed sleep phase syndrome
		Sufferers – traditionally termed "night owls" – have an identifiable sleep pattern, with the majority falling asleep in the pre-dawn hours and waking in the (early) afternoon.
		However, left unacknowledged, DSPS can cause the same problems that would be expected if adults with a normal sleep pattern should force themselves to wake up in the middle of the night and try to go to sleep in the early evening.
		Delayed sleep phase syndrome is commonly a part of autism.
	www.anxietyzone.com /conditions/delayed_sleep_phase_syndrome.html (826 words)

	Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome - Dreams
		Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome seems to be genetic - if you are a night owl, it is very likely that others in your family are also night birds.
		When forced to live on a schedule with the rest of the world, people with Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome typically fall into their deepest REM or delta sleep stages toward the end, rather than in the middle, of their sleep cycle, making it very difficult to wake up and get out of bed.
		Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome is not something you can "fix", nor is it wise to try.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art13295.asp (408 words)

	Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome
		It is a disorder in which the major sleep episode is delayed by 2 or more hours of the desired bedtime.
		Their efforts to advance the timing of sleep onset such as going to bed early, having a friend or family member get them us in the morning, trying relaxation techniques or using sleeping pills is not permanently successful.
		The patient is told to maintain the new bedtime rigidly and told not to delay bedtime to study, party or travel westward.
	www.stanford.edu /~dement/delayed.html (582 words)

	Advanced sleep phase syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Advanced sleep phase syndrome (ASPS) is a sleep disorder in which patients feel very sleepy early in the evening (e.g.
		It is the opposite of delayed sleep phase syndrome.
		The disorder was characterized by a life-long pattern of sleep onset around 7:30pm and offset around 4:30am.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Advanced_Sleep_Phase_Syndrome (422 words)

	Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome (DSPS)
		Delayed Sleep-Phase Syndrome (DSPS) is a circadian rhythm sleep disorder in which the individual's internal body clock is delayed with respect to the typical sleep at night, rise in the morning pattern of most adults.
		Many others are not even aware that such a syndrome exists, and experience life as a constant struggle to get up on time, to stay awake, and to perform the activities required by their job or their family.
		Any delay in getting to bed, even for one night, is likely to allow his body clock to shift later, and make it difficult to impossible to shift earlier again.
	dspsinfo.tripod.com (2273 words)

	Sleep-Related Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sleep is of primary importance at all stages of human development, and in the newborn, is the primary activity other than eating.
		The Sleep Research Society exists to promote understanding of the processes of sleep and its disorders through research, the training of practitioners of research and the dissemination of the fruits of their efforts to the scientific and medical communities as well as the general public.
		Sleep disorder diagnosis and management in elderly nursing facility residents appear to be substandard.
	www.info-wrks.com /eyeonsleep/resources.html (2590 words)

	MySleepCenter: Sleep Disorders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When this happens, the quality of sleep suffers dramatically, because the process of sleep is disturbed.
		Often sleep doctors find that when you cure one individual of their apnea, you are actually helping two people: They find that the partner's sleep quality also improves dramatically.
		Genetic causes of sleep disorders: In 1999 the narcolepsy gene was isolated.
	www.mysleepcenter.com /SleepDisorders.html (380 words)

	Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome (DSPS) is a sleep disorder in which the patient's internal body clock runs well above 24 hours making it difficult to reset the clock for life in normal day-night schedule.
		Although light therapy, melatonin and chronotherapy can be used to alleviate the condition, the only true remedy is free-running sleep.
		In free running sleep, the patient goes to sleep only when he or she feels tired.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/DSPS (219 words)

	Everything Sleep:Sleep Disorder
		A sleep disorder is a physiological, biological, or psychological condition that chronically disturbs sleep.
		National Sleep Foundation (NSF) NSF is "an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to improving public health and safety by achieving public understanding of sleep and sleep disorders, and by supporting public education, sleep-related research, and advocacy.
		Sleep Disorders are grouped according to difficulty in going to sleep (Insomnia), difficulty in staying awake (Hypersomnia), irresistible attacks of sleep (Narcolepsy), abrupt awakening from sleep, usually accompanied by a scream or a cry (Sleep Terrors), Sleep Walking, or Nightmares.
	www.siql.com /sleep/sleep_disorder.htm (3503 words)

	Researchers search for cause of delayed sleep phase syndrome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		CHICAGO-Two new research studies to determine the cause of Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome (DSPS), a serious sleep disorder thought to affect between 500,000 and several million Americans, are being undertaken by researchers at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center.
		The second study will require volunteers to stay in the Rush Sleep Disorders Center for six consecutive days and evenings, allowing Wyatt and his colleagues to closely monitor the volunteer's sleep activity, mental performance during wakefulness and functioning of the body clock system.
		Possible consequences of this syndrome include increased risk of motor-vehicle accidents, impaired academic performance, mood disturbance and greater use of substances to increase alertness, such as caffeine.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2003-07/rpsl-rsf071103.php (500 words)

	Delayed Sleep Phase Research Study
		Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome, or DSPS, is a disorder characterized by going to bed very late and waking up very late, or by a mismatch between your desired bedtime and the time you are able to go to sleep.
		We believe there is a genetic component to DSPS which may dictate how the body's clock responds to desired sleep and wake times.
		After two weeks of wearing a small wrist device to measure activity and light exposure, the second visit will be to collect the recording device and sleep logs, and to provide final payment.
	www.nightowl.ucsd.edu (368 words)

	View topic - Delayed sleep phase syndrome...HELP!
		I fall asleep around 7 or 8 in the morning and sleep until 2 or 3 in the afternoon.
		I also like to sleep from 2am-12pm, but I know allowing myself to sleep near or past the midnight hour becomes DEADLY for me, because next thing I know, I will end up sleeping at 11am and waking up at 8/9pm.
		About sleep and other creative people I read about: I think Leonardo Da Vinci was a nite owl, and I know he had major depression.
	www.talkaboutsleep.com /message-boards/viewtopic.php?t=9070 (3946 words)

	Circadian rhythm sleep disorders caused by jet lag, shiftwork, delayed sleep phase syndrome, advanced sleep phase ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Circadian rhythm sleep disorders caused by jet lag, shiftwork, delayed sleep phase syndrome, advanced sleep phase syndrome
		So the best you can do if you are traveling east, is to try and sleep on the flight and go to bed at the new time zone's bedtime.
		Exercise, late in the afternoon / early evening, is useful in delaying the sleep time.
	www.areyou-sleeping.com /jetlagandthensome.html (916 words)

	Can a split sleep schedule work for someone with Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome? \| Ask MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The doctor said that Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome is not easy to cure, and that many people simply live with it, if their schedules allow (e.g., free lance workers, college students who can arrange their class schedule to have all their classes start after noon, etc.).
		(He would sleep late on weekends and nap after school.) I tried to force him to follow the rules for a while, but it is very difficult to force a 13-year-old to wake up and stay awake on the weekend if he is not inclined to get up on his own.
		Studies have shown that shift workers reduce their lifespan by forcing themselves out of their usual sleep cycle -- your son's is different, and trying to put a day cycle on him is the equivalent of you waking up at 3am and going to bed at 8pm.
	ask.metafilter.com /mefi/31287 (3866 words)

	Misdiagnosing sleep disorders as primary psychiatric conditions -- Stores 9 (1): 69 -- Advances in Psychiatric Treatment
		Sleep paralysis (Lindsley, 1992) is characterised by recurrent
		Gillin, J. (1998) Are sleep disturbances risk factors for anxiety, depression and addictive disorders.
		Schenck, C., Boyd, J. and Mahowald, M. (1997) A parasomnia overlap disorder involving sleepwalking, sleep terrors, and REM sleep behavior disorder in 33 polysomnographically confirmed cases.
	apt.rcpsych.org /cgi/content/full/9/1/69 (4589 words)

	College Student Journal: Prevalence of delayed sleep phase syndrome in university students (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A specific disorder associated with poor academic is Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome (DSPS), a circadian rhythm disorder.
		With this in mind, the purpose of the study was to explore the prevalence and type of sleep difficulties in college students.
		Such unstable sleep patterns exacerbate and in some instances may cause symptoms associated with delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCR/is_3_35/ai_80744660 (402 words)

	Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome
		Delayed sleep phase syndrome is a circadian rhythm sleep disorder.
		They are often referred to as night owls and have trouble falling asleep before 2 or 3am.
		When allowed to sleep in and get 7-9 hours of sleep, they are able to function normally, but when forced to rise early without enough sleep, health and social problems arise.
	www.healthdiaries.com /delayed-sleep-phase-syndrome.htm (166 words)

	A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Study of the Effect of Exogenous Melatonin on Delayed Sleep ...
		Chronotherapy: resetting the circadian clock of patients with delayed sleep phase insomnia.
		Melatonin in psychiatric and sleep disorders: therapeutic implications.
		Delayed sleep phase syndrome: a placebo-controlled cross-over study on the effects of melatonin administered five hours before the individual dim light melatonin onset.
	www.psychosomaticmedicine.org /cgi/content/full/63/1/40 (4533 words)

	Circadian Sleep Disorders Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Circadian sleep disorders affect your body clock and keep you from sleeping and waking at the culturally "normal" times.
		The Circadian Sleep Disorders Association exists to support those affected by circadian sleep disorders, and to provide information on the disorders to the general public.
		If you have a circadian sleep disorder, are friends or family with someone who does, are a researcher or medical worker in the field, or simply find circadian sleep disorders interesting, you are welcome to join our e-mail list, Niteowl.
	www.circadiandisorders.org (286 words)

	Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome - Sleepchannel
		Delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS), also called phase lag syndrome, is a circadian rhythm sleep disorder.
		However, unlike jet lag and the effects of shift work, delayed sleep phase syndrome is a persistent condition.
		In a recent study involving 5,000 participants, DSPS accounted for about 40% of disorders involving sleep-wake schedules.
	www.sleepdisorderchannel.net /dsps (355 words)

	Narcolepsy Internet Jumpstation
		The National Sleep Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to both the prevention of catastrophic accidents caused by sleep deprivation and excessive sleepiness and to enhanced quality of life for the millions of Americans who suffer from sleep disorders.
		Thorpy's Sleep Medicine website with an extensive set of links listing resources regarding all aspects of sleep including, the physiology of sleep, clinical sleep medicine, sleep research, federal and state information, patient information, and business-related groups.
		Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome (DSPS) is a chronobiological clock (circadian rhythm) disorder where the individual naturally has a longer than 24 hour day.
	www.narcolepsy.org /narc.links.html (1907 words)

	Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome \| From The Sleep Easily Directory at FoamSource.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome: This is when people have difficulty falling asleep at their regular bedtime, but can fall asleep more easily if they go to bed later than their regular bedtime
		What NASA stumbled across in their success at making astronauts more comfortable during a space launch was how to make the rest of us more comfortable while we sleep.
		The result is a luxurious sleeping experience, not only because memory foam removes irksome pressure points that interfere with a restful sleep, but also because memory foam aims to relieve aches and pains that can accumulate throughout the working day.
	www.foamsource.com /sleepeasily/tip.php/58 (314 words)

	Effects of melatonin on the quality of life in patients with delayed sleep phase syndrome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nagtegaal, J.E., Laurant, M.W., Kerkhof, G.A., Smits, M.G., Van der Meer, Y.G., and Coenen, A.M.L. Effects of melatonin on the quality of life in patients with delayed sleep phase syndrome.
		Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare health-related quality of life of delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS) patients with a random Dutch sample and four samples of patients with other chronic conditions.
		Scores were compared with responses to the same survey by a random Dutch sample and by patients with sleep apnea, clinical depression, migraine, and osteoarthritis.
	www.nici.kun.nl /Publications/2000/14408.html (246 words)

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