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Are naps good for the psychological health? How?

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Question added by Salam Assi , Customer Service Officer , Etihad Bank
Date Posted: 2018/02/28
Roy Mathew
by Roy Mathew , Quality Coordinator , EHS (Al Amal Psychiatric Hospital)

The answer is, You need to sleep appropriately to be psychologically fresh.

Ihab El-Sharkawy
by Ihab El-Sharkawy , Sales & Project Manager , Al-SAAEDA for Medical, Laboratories and pharma

yes it is useful for the psychological health, because it is renew the human day activity and a lot of research find it is better for health and bady even consentration, but it must be fron 2 pm to 4pm that is mean after 8 hour from the human wakeup in the morning 

Ilyas Khan
by Ilyas Khan , Channel Manager , Smart Wheels

Naps spaicially afternoon naps are good for health.

It Provides a memory boost, lower the blood presuer and help to regain your muscle energy. 

achraf farhat
by achraf farhat , أستاذ تربية بدنية , وزارة التربية والتعليم

Afternoon nap is necessary for some people and it can not be dispensed with at all .. Nap useful but on conditions :* Choose the right time to take it. Try to have a nap from 1:00 to 3:00 in the morning. This period is located in the middle of the day and is relatively far from the time spent sleeping at night, so taking a nap at this time often will not adversely affect your sleep pattern at night. * Siesta should be short, experts typically recommend that the siesta should be from 10 to 30 minute. In a new study, scientists found that the best nap are only for 10 minutes longs.* You must Choose a suitable room for sleeping, the room should be: comfortable, quiet, light lighting.

The benefits of siesta:

* Reduce the daily fatigue.* Feeling relaxed.* Increase levels of alertness and concentration.* Improve mood.* Improve the ability to perform different tasks.* Improve the skills needed to solve complex problems and creative abilities.* Siesta for the elderly helps them to protect their memory and cognitive functions.

 

 

Ashraf E. Mahmoud (PhD)
by Ashraf E. Mahmoud (PhD) , University Lecturer, Freelancer Consultant and Trainer for Int'l Business & Banking TF. , FreeLancer

Thanks for invitation,

Following our specialzed colleagues' answers.

John Monaghan
by John Monaghan , Hospital Educator / Clinical Instructor , Al Moosa Specialist Hospital

Not necessarily "naps" but a short time away from the daily routine as an example a brisk walk to increase circulation if possible to deep-breathe outside air, for a few minutes has been shown to improve the effects of "brain-fog" in an otherwise enclosed office environment. Similarly, taking naps may increase "brain-fog" and its hang-over effects.

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