Behavioral Health & Sleep

12 articles tagged · 1 topic · 6 clinical · 1 equipment · 4 research

SMF-T-0013 · draft

Behavioral Health & Performance in Isolation and Confinement

Psychological, sleep and team-dynamics effects of long periods in small, isolated and confined crews.

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Clinical articles (6)

SMF-C-0012 · protocol · draft

Behavioral health monitoring

What psychological problems have occurred in spaceflight, how agencies select, train, monitor and support crews, what isolation analogs teach us, and how to help with reintegration after return.

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SMF-C-0002 · protocol · draft

SFP screening

How to approach a patient who wants to fly as a paying passenger: what the FAA does and does not require, what published guidance recommends, and which conditions deserve a closer look.

◆◆◇◇ Low · E A F

SMF-C-0010 · topic · draft

Emergencies & evacuation

What medical care is actually available on a spacecraft, who provides it, how evacuation works from orbit, and why the model changes completely for lunar and Mars missions.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · F E C

SMF-C-0009 · topic · draft

Space pharmacy & drug stability

What astronauts actually take, whether drugs still work in space, what happens to medications stored for months to years, and how to plan a formulary for missions far from resupply.

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SMF-C-0015 · guide · draft

Postflight recovery & surveillance

A timeline of what to expect after landing — day 0 to day 45 and beyond — what NASA measures and when, which problems can persist for months or years, and how lifelong occupational surveillance works.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · F E

SMF-C-0000 · guide · draft

Clinician quick-start

A one-page orientation for GPs, emergency physicians, nurses and flight/aviation doctors: what to ask, what to check, the red flags, and where to find the details — before and after spaceflight.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · E F

Equipment guides (1)

SMF-E-0001 · guide · draft

Pre-Flight & Post-Flight Clinic

A plain-language design guide for a clinic that certifies people before flight and evaluates them after landing: equipment by evaluation domain, what to do in-house versus refer out, a room-by-room layout and an essential / recommended / advanced build.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · F E

Research pages (4)

RSK-02 · NASA risk · draft

Behavioral health & cognition

Long missions can strain mental health and thinking. Problems in flight have so far stayed below diagnostic levels, but analog data suggest risk grows with mission length and isolation.

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RSK-03 · NASA risk · draft

Team performance

Small crews must cooperate under stress and, far from Earth, with long communication delays. Conflict and coordination problems are well documented in flight and in analogs.

◆◆◇◇ Low · F A E

RSK-04 · NASA risk · draft

Sleep, circadian rhythm & workload

Astronauts sleep about six hours a night in flight, and schedules shift their body clocks. Ground studies tie this to worse performance and mood and to long-term disease risk.

◆◆◆◇ Moderate · F A E

RSK-08 · NASA risk · draft

Earth-independent operations

Far from Earth, a small crew must handle problems without real-time help from Mission Control. Vehicle, software, training and task design have to support that.

◆◆◇◇ Low · F E