Treating sleep problems early in life may protect children from developing depression as they get older. Alice M. Gregory, from the department of psychology at Goldsmiths College, London, used data from 300 twins in order to evaluate the association between sleep problems and depression.
The twins, born between 1994 and 1996, were tested for anxiety, depression and sleep problems. To assess the nature of the sleep problem parents were asked to record their observations on the Child Sleep...
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Recently, the news media has picked up on a study in Current Biology that, supposedly, explains why people get testy after a sleepless... Read more »
This week's bulletin from the National Sleep Foundation reports that there's new evidence for a link between sleep apnea and depression. I... Read more »
The transcript of this podcast is below. If you prefer to listen to it, you can easily do so from the DepressionCast Web site. You... Read more »
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Results from a new Penn State study suggest that mothers who suffer from depression may behave in ways that hinder their infants’ ability to... Read more »
Chronic insomnia puts people at risk for anxiety but not for depression, according to new research. Experts studied 25,130 Norwegian adults to... Read more »
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Sleep disorders involve any difficulties related to sleeping, including difficulty falling or staying asleep, falling asleep at inappropriate times,... Read more »
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