Stress, Sleep and Health

Third-cycle level | 3.0 credits (HEC) | Course code: K8F5216
HT 2024
Study period: 2024-11-04 - 2024-11-15
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: The course is given in English
Application period: 2024-04-15 - 2024-09-30
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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

CONTACTJulie Desaine

julie.lasselin@ki.se