It seems that the coronavirus (COVID-19) has disturbed the sleep of too many people around the world, or so claim the data of Google.
Searches for "insomnia" and "I can not sleep" ("Insomnia" and "can't sleep") reached a very high level in April, according to Google Trends. The data do not reveal the exact causes of the searches, but the schedule coincides with the level of global lockdowns for COVID-19.
Last month, Harvard researchers warned that the pandemic could affect a person's sleep routine, which in turn could lead to other mental health complications.
"Too much insomnia can make them worse problems physical and mental health", he says the Harvard Gazette.
"Think of sleep problems like an infection," said Posner, president of Sleepwell Associates and associate clinical professor at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Even during normal periods, about 30% to 35% of the population experience acute or short-term insomnia, said Posner, a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and a founding member of the Sleep Behavioral Society.
Insomnia is defined in the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)medicines Society as difficulty falling asleep, or waking up too early, and states that this lack of rest is caused by stress or any event that changes the quality of life. He mentions that it is different from the lack of sleep caused by overloaded schedules.
