Course description
An established theme in the contemporary society regards how stressors and sleep problems should be handled. Over longer time, such exposures can affect wellbeing and risk for ill health. The present course aims to give an overview about how stress and sleep are related to mental and somatic health, and the underlying mechanisms. The course will also provide an opportunity to develop a critical perspective on relevant research, and to apply interdisciplinary perspectives on pathological states as well as on behavioral and biological processes related to stress and sleep.
The course reviews central concepts and topical research in stress, sleep and health. In particular, it is focused on how acute stress, chronic stress, diurnal rhythm and sleep problems affect and interact physiological systems such as the immune system, the endocrine system, cognitive processes and possible consequences for health. The course encompasses neuroscientific and other biological perspectives, and describes interventions to improve stress- and sleep related symptoms. Theoretical models and methods to understand and study stress- and sleep related processes will be applied.
The course will be provided fully online, partly via Zoom but also taking advantage of recent digital tools such as Gather; and using Canvas as the learning platform in-between in-class sessions.
Prerequisites and Selection
Prerequisite courses, or equivalent
No prerequisite courses, or equivalent, demanded for this course.
Selection
Selection will be based on:
1) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant’s doctoral project (according to written motivation).
2) start date of doctoral studies (priority given to earlier start date).
Course director
Julie Lasselin
Mats Lekander
Course syllabus
K8F5216
Department
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Doctoral programme
Neuroscience
Type of course
**Other course
Keywords
Stress, sleep, mind-body interactions