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SLEEP INDUCTION [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Nervous System
CONT

Sleep induction is the deliberate effort to bring on sleep by various techniques or medicinal means. [It] is practiced to lengthen periods of sleep, increase the effectiveness of sleep, and to reduce or prevent insomnia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Système nerveux
CONT

[Les agonistes de la mélatonine] aident l'induction du sommeil en augmentant le taux de la mélatonine naturelle. Ils sont employés surtout en cas de difficulté à s'endormir.

Spanish

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