<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 15pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;;">We are aware of the
importance of sleep. If we complete our sleep in proper hours we can
concentrate properly on a coming day. Someday, if we do not complete our sleep,
we notice irritability and less alertness in our behavior. Due to this we also
don’t catch up with time.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 15pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><img src="/media/django-summernote/2022-10-04/4ee32e15-5f19-461a-928a-67f6753d61ca.webp" style="width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 18pt;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 15pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 14pt;">Concerning this, researchers have found a
way to increase sleeping hours among teenagers. This will help teens to
complete their sleep cycle and decrease the issues caused due to the
deprivation of sleep.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 15pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In the teenage, it is very
important for a person to at least sleep for 8-10 hours. Sleeping for this
particular period helps in maintaining physical health and helps in concentrating
properly. According to the National Sleep Foundation and the American Academy
of Sleep Medicine, most adolescents take less than eight hours of sleep.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">New research
published in the journal SLEEP considers this issue and sheds light on ways
that might help adolescents to get more sleep.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Stephanie J. Crowley,
Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and the director
of the Pediatric Chronobiology and Sleep Research Program at RUSH says, "There
are a lot of changes a teen goes through. One specifically is a change to sleep
biology that happens during puberty. The brain systems that control sleep
change in such a way that it's easier for an adolescent to stay awake later
into the evening. One of these systems -- the 24-hour circadian clock -- shifts
later in time.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As per the research,
there are two important factors. The first is to go to bed earlier for the school
schedule and the second is the natural biological changes happening in the teen’s
body.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">To solve this complex
clash, the researchers implanted an action plan that targeted the circadian
system with different behavioral measures. It aims to help teens to
schedule a better nighttime routine.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">So, the researchers
used bright light therapy to combat sleep deprivation. They used this therapy
on two weekend mornings for 2.5 hours. The bright light signals the internal
clock to wake up a little earlier. This would help teens to fall asleep at the proper time.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The team of
researchers then helped to control sleep deprivation by providing time management
tools and also, by addressing the barriers responsible for an early bedtime. For
this purpose, they followed the way of limiting certain school activities.</span> &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">After the study, the researchers
were successfully able to increase the teen’s bedtime by half an hour, which
increased their total sleep by approximately one hour.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">"The interesting
thing is that teens with late circadian clocks shifted by up to two hours earlier,"
Crowley said. "And the teens who had an earlier circadian clock didn't
need to be shifted any earlier. They just needed the behavioral support of
trying to manage their time in the evening and increase their sleep
duration."</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">After this study,
researchers also found that the teens then were less tired, less worried, and less
irritable. They exhibited better concentration power and their alertness in the
morning improved.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>























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