COVID 19 lockdown brought insomnia according to Google

It seems that the coronavirus () disturbed the sleep of far too many people around the world , or so Google data claims.

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 physical and mental health problems worse." he says the Harvard Gazette.

“Σκεφτείτε τα προβλήματα ύπνου σαν μια λοίμωξη”, δήλωσε ο Posner, πρόεδρος της Sleepwell Associates και αναπληρωτής κλινικός καθηγητής στο Stanford University School of .

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 του Διαγνωστικού Εγχειριδίου Ψυχικών Διαταραχών (DSM) της Αμερικανικής Ψυχιατρικής Εταιρείας σαν δυσκολία να κοιμηθείτε, ή να ξυπνήσετε πολύ νωρίς, και αναφέρει ότι αυτή η έλλειψη ανάπαυσης προκαλείται από άγχος ή οποιοδήποτε γεγονός που αλλάζει την ποιότητα ζωής. Αναφέρει δε ότι διαφέρει από την έλλειψη ύπνου που προκαλείται από πολύ-φορτωμένα προthe.

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