Sleep deprivation—typically administered in controlled, inpatient settings—rapidly reduces symptoms of depression in roughly half of depression patients, according the first meta-analysis on the subject in nearly 30 years, from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Partial sleep deprivation (sleep for 3 to 4 hours followed by forced wakefulness for … Continue reading Sleep Deprivation Is an Effective Anti-depressant for Nearly Half of Depressed Patients