”I like to use the ActTrust for my clients because it provides relevant insights into their sleeping and waking behaviour. It helps the clients to better recognize connections between their behavior and sleep problems and motivates them to improve their sleep-related behavior. Furthermore, I can analyse the sleep profile with ActTrust. This can be compared at the beginning and end of a treatment. Changes in sleep behavior become visible to both of us.“ Dr. Linda Wulf Psychotherapist “ActTrust is a great assessment and treatment tool, that provides accurate information about my clients’ sleeping and waking patterns. Healthy sleep plays an important role in wellbeing, so I need to incorporate this component when designing treatment plans. This treatment tool provides a visual and instantaneous insight into any changes related to my clients’ sleep behaviours. It enables me to develop and analyse an accurate sleep profile, and compare client sleep activity from the beginning to the end of treatment. ActTrust helps me to create awareness about the importance of sleep hygiene and motivates my clients to improve their night routine. It assists people to recognise the connections between their actions and resulting sleep issues.” Common cause of sleep disorders: exposure to blue light at night Blue spectrum light plays an important role in our circadian rhythm. The so-called „internal clock“ is regulated by the absorption of blue light in the melanopsin receptors of the eyes. The blue light in daylight inhibits the release of the body‘s sleep hormone melatonin, helping us stay awake and active. In the evening, how-ever, our eyes need to avoid exposure to blue light to increase melatonin production, which helps us fall asleep. Modern display devices, LED and flourescent light bulbs emit a high spectrum blue light. Due to the excessive use of display technologies until late in the evening, many people are intensively exposed to the blue light until just before going to bed. This disturbs the natural sleep-wake rhythm. In the long term, this leads to sleep deficits that cause illness. Claudia Caballero, Psychotherapist BPsy (Hons), PostGradDipPsych Education neurocare academy offers workshops for the practical integration of actigraphy and sleep analysis into therapy. The courses are aimed at psychologists and therapists who treat clients with sleep problems or presume a correlation between symptoms and sleep behaviour. ActTrust detects blue light and thus provides valuable information about the client‘s usage habits. Often a change in this behaviour can improve sleep. Natural blue light in the morning calibrates the internal “circadian“ clock, thereby making it easier to fall asleep at night. noon . neurocare group AG Albert-Einstein-Str. 3 98693 Ilmenau, Germany Tel: +49 (0)3677 68 979-0 [email protected] www.neurocaregroup.com In the evenings our eyes need to avoid blue light to give our bodies the signal it is night time and therefore the time to wind down and sleep. 6 p.m. mid ActTrust Actigraphy and sleep profil

Common bedfellows: Depression and sleep disorders Sleep disorders may cause symptoms that resemble ADHD Chronic sleep disorders are a primary symptom of depression. 80 % of people with depression suffer from poor sleep. Insomnia and a dysfunctional sleep behaviours can also trigger and intensify depressive episodes. Treatment of the sleep disorder can help to alleviate or prevent depressive episodes. Persistent sleep deprivation in children increases the likelihood that they will develop symptoms such as behavioural problems, attention deficit disorders and hyperactivity. ADHD is then often assumed...