After 72 hours without sleep, a person is likely to experience extreme symptoms that resemble psychosis, including hallucinations, false beliefs, and intense emotions or behaviors that do not correspond with reality.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Sleep Foundation
  Sleep Deprivation: Symptoms, Causes, Effects, and Treatment

Sources

• Sleep Deprivation: Symptoms, Causes, Effects, and Treatment www.sleepfoundation.org Sleep Foundation via serper

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• sleep deprivation concept
• hallucination concept
• psychosis concept