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The close relationship between sleep and mental health


Nature
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the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
National Health Interview Survey
JAMA Psychiatry
the University of Oxford
The Lancet Psychiatry
Continual
REM
the University of California, Berkeley
BMC Psychiatry


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Sleep
Daniel Freeman
CBT
Els van der Helm
Matthew Walker
Van der Helm

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Michigan
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The New York Times
SOURCE: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/sleep-and-mental-health
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Summary

Poor sleep is a recognized risk factor for the development of a range of mental health issues.A study that followed 979 young adults in Michigan, for example, found that insomnia was associated with a four-fold higher risk of depression 3 years later.A review of research found evidence that insomnia preceded the development of not only depression but also bipolar disorder and anxiety disorders. The researchers also found a link between insomnia and an increased risk of suicide.In 2020, a study published in JAMA Psychiatry identified an association between sleep problems in early childhood and the development of psychosis and borderline personality disorder in adolescence.As well as increasing the risk of developing mental health problems, sleep disturbances are also a common feature of most mental illnesses, including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia.Prof. However, people with major depression tend to enter their first REM sleep stage more quickly than usual after falling asleep, and it lasts longer.Research suggests that we process emotional memories during healthy REM sleep, helping us “unlearn” frightening or painful experiences. By reducing the hormone’s concentration in the brains of veterans with PTSD, prazosin may promote more effective REM sleep, which then erases the emotional label that is causing their recurrent nightmares.This year, psychiatrists in the Netherlands have launched a major investigation of sleep problems in people with newly diagnosed mental health conditions, including bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and schizophrenia.As well as assessing the incidence and nature of sleep difficulties in people with these conditions, the researchers will randomly assign participants with sleep problems to receive either their usual care or treatment at a sleep clinic.Describing their forthcoming study in the journal BMC Psychiatry, the psychiatrists write:“Despite a high occurrence of sleep disorders and established negative effects on mental health, little attention is paid to sleep problems in mental health care.

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