@Article{Szaulińska2017,
journal="Advances in Psychiatry and Neurology/Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii",
issn="1230-2813",
volume="26",
number="1",
year="2017",
title="Air travel is not only going on holiday – jet lag of airline employees, case narrative and brief review of literature",
abstract="The purpose of  this paper is to show a  link between exposure to jet lag and occurrence of  insomnia and symptoms of  depression on the  basis of  a  case narrative concerning a  stewardess. Jet lag or, in other words, the  time zone change syndrome is a  group of  symptoms occurring during travel along parallels of  latitude (east-west, west-east), which is connected with a  change of  time zones. The  essence of  jet lag is inconsistency between the  endogenic sleep-wake rhythm and the  rhythm required in the  new time zone. The symptoms of  jet lag are daytime sleepiness, fatigability, weakness, dizziness, impaired focus of  attention/memory/executive functions, sleep disorders, moodiness and disorders connected with the  gastrointestinal tract. Prolonged exposure to jet lag in airline employees may lead to the  occurrence of  insomnia and depression. The treatment of  choice is chronotherapy using melatonin and phototherapy. The present paper also discusses the  specifics of  treatment of  depressive disorders in airline personnel, taking into account the  legal regulations applicable in aviation medicine.",
author="Szaulińska, Katarzyna
and Poradowska, Ewa
and Wierzbicka, Aleksandra
and Wichniak, Adam",
pages="44--54",
doi="10.5114/ppn.2017.68294",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ppn.2017.68294"
}