difficulty in initiating, maintaining, or gaining from sleep, not related to other medical or psychological problems
sleep apnea
disorder involvig brief periods when breahing ceases during sleep
sleep efficiency (SE)
percentage of time actually spent sleeping of the total time spent in bed
inhibited orgasm
inability to achieve orgasm despite adequate sexual desire and arousal; commonly seen in women but relatively rare in men
paranoid type of schizophrenia
type of schizophrenia in which symptoms primaryily inolve delusions and hallucinations; speech and motor and emtional behavior are relatively intact
brief psychotic disorder
psychotic disturbances involving delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech or behavior but lasting less than 1 month; often occurs in reaction to a stressor
anhedonia
inability to experience pleasure, associated with some mood and schizophrenic disorders
actigraph
small, electronic device that is worn on the wrist like a watchand records body movements. this can be used to record sleep-wake cycles
sex reassignment surgery
surgical procedures to alter a person's physical anatomy to conform to that peron's psychological gender issues
binge
relatively brief episode of uncontrolled, excessive consumption, ususlly of food or alcohol