A new study based on data from nearly 1,000 young people, ages 9-13, suggests how the amount of time spent on screens each day—TVs, computers, mobile phones, videogames—impacts depression risk at age…
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For the first time, researchers have obtained evidence establishing a potentially predictive connection between disturbances in sleep and the occurrence of depression and self-harming behaviors in…
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Relation Between Daily Mood and Sleep in Preschool Children Highlights Importance of End-of-Day Mood
Common sense suggests there is a direct relationship between mood and how we sleep. When we are disturbed emotionally, for example, we may expect this to impact our sleep: how long we sleep during…
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Neurons that are activated by the chemical messenger serotonin have a complex relationship to sleep-wake behaviors. That much is clear from past research, although the way the abundant…
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People with depression and a type of excessive sleepiness called hypersomnolence sleep for longer periods than healthy individuals, but sleep just as well, according to a February 1 study in the…
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