World Sleep Day: How not getting enough sleep can affect your mental health
Frances Coleman-Williams | Friday 17 Mar 2017 5:00 am | Metro.co.uk Having suffered from severe sleep problems myself, I’ve taken some time to look at the relationship between a lack of sleep and mental health. Insomnia involves difficulty in getting enough sleep to feel refreshed in the morning. The lack of sleep may be due to finding it difficult to get to sleep, waking up multiple times and/or waking up early and not being able to get back to sleep. As well as affecting your physical health, the lack of sleep can affect your mental health as well. Links between …
What Causes Crime? New Study Links Lack Of Sleep By Teenagers To Criminal Behavior As Adults
BY JULIANA ROSE PIGNATARO | 02/24/17 AT 11:40 AM | IBTimes.com Drowsiness might not just have ill effects on a person’s day— it could also impact life years later. A study published in the journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry found that teenagers who reported feeling tired in the middle of the day were more than four times more likely to commit crimes as adults. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of York in the U.K. collected data from 101 15-year-old boys from schools in England to get the results. “It’s the first study to our knowledge …
Are Sleep Problems Affecting Your Mental Health?
A lack of rest could put you at risk. How to ensure you’re getting the sleep you need. By Michael O. Schroeder | Staff Writer UsNews.com | Jan. 31, 2017 You’re not quite yourself when you don’t get the rest you need. Whether you’re simply failing to get sufficient sleep, have a sleep disorder or are not getting quality zzz’s for another reason, research shows your sleep problems could be a drag on your overall well-being – including heart health, raising cardiovascular risk; and the studies show the ill effects can extend to mental health. “Getting sufficient sleep night after …
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