Video: What Causes a Sleep Disorder?

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Sleep disorders can be caused by various factors, including mood disorders, anxiety and symptoms of depression. Learn about seeing a general practitioner about sleep disorders with help from a psychologist in this free video on sleep disorders.

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Video Transcript

Hello. My name is Dr. Robert Hernandez. I'm a psychologist in Miami, Florida, and I'm president and owner of Lafafalu Retreat House. Sleep disorders can be caused by various factors. Again, you have mood disorders that will affect sleep. The interesting thing is that if you're depressed or if you're diagnosed with clinical depression, you will present with a sleeping disturbance, but if you don't sleep, guess what? That will attribute to being depressed. If you're anxious, that could also be related to having a sleep disorder, and then your health is also greatly effected. So what causes a sleep disorder ranges from a person that's evidencing with depressive symptoms, as well as a person that has a lot on their mind, and they don't know how to cope with stress, or a person that has been diagnosed with a type of generalized anxiety disorder. There are many different things that contribute to a sleeping disorder. The proper thing to do is to be evaluated by a clinical psychologist, a psychiatrist, or your general practitioner. But, the important thing is: get treatment promptly.

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What Causes a Sleep Disorder?

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