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How sleep affects mental health (and vice versa): What the science says By Rachel Tompa

Extensive research has drawn links between mental health and sleep. People with insomnia , for example, are 10 times more likely to have depression and 17 times more likely to have anxiety than the general population. Sleep apnea raises the risks of these conditions about threefold . In short-term studies, sleep deprivation has been shown to reduce the ability to control our emotions. Conversely, psychiatric disorders like depression and anxiety can cause sleep problems. Read

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