Researchers found that a cognitive-behavioral sleep therapy intervention helps adolescent night owls combat depression by aligning their natural sleep rhythms with daily responsibilities.
Researchers found that spindle rate frequency increased following exposure to stressful images, providing compelling evidence that stress was a contributing factor in spindle-specific sleep rhythm changes.
After the pandemic ends, healthcare workers may develop more severe mental health problems.
Stress boosts a kind of sleep in mice that subsequently relieves anxiety, according to new research that also pinpoints the mechanism responsible.
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Sometimes referred to as “sleep dread,” somniphobia is a specific type of anxiety or fear related to sleep that typically increases as bedtime approaches.
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Sleep disturbances and schizophrenia are closely linked. In fact, sleep disturbances are often the first symptom of schizophrenia to appear.
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By targeting insomnia and effectively treating it with CBT-I, depression can be effectively prevented by over 50% in community dwelling older adults with insomnia.
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The environmental stressor can significantly increase the levels of serotonin 2A neurotransmitter receptors in 6 to 8 hours in animal models.
Read MoreThe Atlantic: Some ultra-introverts choose to live nocturnal lives, but is it healthy?
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The results open a window on the regulation of emotions during dreams and the benefits of sleep on mental health.
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Most messaging is focused on avoiding light at night, but this study highlights the importance of getting enough daylight.
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By some estimates, anxiety during a hangover affects around 12% of people, and can vary in severity depending on the person.
Read MoreMonash Universiy’s Elise McGlashan the science behind a fear of the dark, the phobia of which is known as nychtophobia or achluophobia.
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The scientists found that those who had more varied heart rates between 2 to 4 a.m., and between 4 to 6 a.m., tended to be prone to more severe depressive symptoms.
Read MoreSocial rhythm therapy (SRT), which uses behavioral strategies to support healthy sleep and other routines, is linked to improved mood and reduced suicide risk in young people with bipolar disorder (BD), early research suggests.
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Survey data of more than 3,000 adolescents recorded before and during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 found that supportive relationships with family and friends and healthy behaviors appeared to shield against the harmful effects of the pandemic on adolescents’ mental health.
Read MoreA set of parameters including sleep and biological rhythm variables are closely associated with the severity of depressive and anxiety symptoms, starting in the third trimester of pregnancy to the third postpartum month.
Read MoreStudy data published in PLoS One describe the potential effects of sleep deprivation on emotion regulation.
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