摘要：Sleep is a biological and behavioral phenomenon that has been studied from many different perspectives. Today it is clear that sleep quantity and quality is related to the devel-opment of chronic diseases and even mental disorders. However, many people ignore their sleep hab-its and fail to take active steps to adopt sleep hygiene practices pre-ferring instead to relay on non-prescribed or prescribed pharmaco-logical products. As a result of the potential consequences of sleep deprivation, health care profession-als should be vigilant of how man-aging underlying medical condi-tions may help to optimize sleep continuity and consider prescribing interventions that minimize sleep disruption.
