Medical term:
deprivation
deprivation
[dep-rĭ-va´shun]loss or absence of parts, organs, powers, or things that are needed.
emotional deprivation deprivation of adequate and appropriate interpersonal or environmental experience, usually in the early developmental years.
maternal deprivation the result of premature loss or absence of the mother or of lack of proper mothering; see also maternal deprivation syndrome.
sensory deprivation a condition in which an individual receives less than normal sensory input. It can be caused by physiological, motor, or environmental disruptions. Effects include boredom, irritability, difficulty in concentrating, confusion, and inaccurate perception of sensory stimuli. Auditory and visual hallucinations and disorientation in time and place indicate perceptual distortions due to sensory deprivation. Symptoms can be produced by solitary confinement, loss of sight or hearing, paralysis, and even by ordinary hospital bed rest.
sleep deprivation a nursing diagnosis accepted by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, defined as prolonged periods of time without sleep (sustained, natural, periodic suspension of relative consciousness).
thought deprivation blocking (def. 2).
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
dep·ri·va·tion
(dep'ri-vā'shŭn),Absence, loss, or withholding of something needed.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
deprivation
The complete or nearly complete lack of direct access to adequate amenities, housing, employment opportunities etc. Levels of deprivation can be assessed with the standard Townsend measurement, which is based on car ownership, property ownership, unemployment and overcrowding.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
dep·ri·va·tion
(dep'ri-vā'shŭn)Absence, loss, or withholding of something needed.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
deprivation
Failure to obtain or to be provided with a sufficiency of the material, intellectual or spiritual requirements for normal development and happiness.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
Deprivation
A condition of having too little of something.
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Patient discussion about deprivation
Q. what are the affects of sleep deprivation, and can I counteract them? I’m a college student and I’ve been sleeping for 5-6 hours a night for the past month…what symptoms should I expect? And how can I counteract them?
A. I studied this just 2 days ago:
Studies on sleep deprivation are actually beginning to show that people do not require as much sleep as traditionally taught. While sleep deficits effect first auditory acuity, and can even cause people to go into what are called microsleeps, researchers are finding that when people are being deprived of sleep they actually sleep more efficiently (spending more time in stages 3 and 4 of sleep) The problem is that people do not train themselves properly to shortened sleep periods, thus stuggle to adapt when they cannot receive the customary eight hours. Ideally, with adequate control and preperation, people can sleep for 4 hours a night and be fully cognatively functional.
(DaVinci purportedly survived on 15min cat naps taken every four hours his entire adult life, and he was certainly on his toes)
Just thought you'de find that interesting
See Pinel's chapter on Sleep in his text "Biopsychology" for more. (Pinel, 2009)
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More discussions about deprivationStudies on sleep deprivation are actually beginning to show that people do not require as much sleep as traditionally taught. While sleep deficits effect first auditory acuity, and can even cause people to go into what are called microsleeps, researchers are finding that when people are being deprived of sleep they actually sleep more efficiently (spending more time in stages 3 and 4 of sleep) The problem is that people do not train themselves properly to shortened sleep periods, thus stuggle to adapt when they cannot receive the customary eight hours. Ideally, with adequate control and preperation, people can sleep for 4 hours a night and be fully cognatively functional.
(DaVinci purportedly survived on 15min cat naps taken every four hours his entire adult life, and he was certainly on his toes)
Just thought you'de find that interesting
See Pinel's chapter on Sleep in his text "Biopsychology" for more. (Pinel, 2009)
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