As suicide rates continue to climb, psychologists and public health officials scramble to find solutions. Michael Nadorff, a psychologist at Mississippi State University, argues that one treatable risk factor has been hiding in the dark: nightmares.
Date Posted: January 14, 2017
Categories: Depression, Sleep Disorders, Suicide Prevention
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Insomnia is a common symptom of major depression, and yet sleep deprivation can be part of the solution for a patient seeking quick relief. Although it seems counterintuitive, an old and often forgotten approach to improving mood rapidly involves ...
Dec 1
Categories: Depression, Sleep Disorders
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A late night at the library, copious amounts of energy drinks or coffee and class notes from the last month; surely you'll be able to ace the exam if you just spend the next 24 hours focused on the material. Unfortunately, procrastination and sleep ...
Oct 27
Categories: Academic Issues, Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Health ...
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Ever wake up still disturbed - and haunted - by the memory of a particularly upsetting image or incident? Research over the past few years has revealed that sleep is intimately tied to memory and might actually be necessary for a large part of its ...
Sep 13
Categories: Depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex ...
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For the first time, a study in mice, to be published in the journal eLife, shows that five hours of sleep deprivation leads to a loss of connectivity between neurons in the hippocampus, a region of the brain associated with learning and memory.
Aug 24
Categories: Dementia, Sleep Disorders
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We spend up to one-third of our life asleep, but not everyone sleeps well. For couples, it turns out how well you think your partner understands and cares for you is linked to how well you sleep.
Aug 19
Categories: Relationships & Marriage, Sleep Disorders
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The science of sleep is woefully incomplete, not least because research on the topic has long ignored half of the population. For decades, sleep studies mostly enrolled men. Now, as sleep researchers are making a more concerted effort to study ...
Aug 19
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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Sleep deprivation majorly impacts the brain’s connectivity and function, according to a recent study published this February in NeuroImage.
Jul 25
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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Using a sophisticated MRI technique, researchers have found abnormalities in the brain's white matter tracts in patients with insomnia, according to a new study.
Apr 6
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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Overweight and obese adults who are losing weight with a high-protein diet are more likely to sleep better, according to new research.
Mar 28
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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Sleep problems have been identified as a risk for suicidal thoughts, plans, and attempts.
Mar 21
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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Can't stop texting? If you're a teenager, it may be to blame for falling grades and increased yawning in school, according to a new Rutgers study.
Mar 7
Categories: Academic Issues, Sleep Disorders, Teenage Issues
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A newly discovered human gene mutation appears to contribute both to unusual sleep patterns and to heightened rates of seasonal depression.
Feb 24
Categories: Depression, Sleep Disorders
GOWhy does sleeping on it help? This is the question tackled by new research at the University of Bristol, which reveals how brain activity during sleep sorts through the huge number of experiences we encounter every day, filing only the important ...
Feb 20
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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Neuroscientists have struggled to understand exactly how the mind’s cycles affect us. Studies of donated brains provide some answers.
Dec 29
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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Insomniacs take heart: Humans get by on significantly less sleep than our closest animal relatives. The secret, according to a new study, is that our sleep is more efficient.
Dec 15
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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