Sleep Deprivation Ups Mental Health Risk in College Kids Dose-response relationship not accounted for by insomnia and/or depressed mood alone

College students who didn't get enough sleep had more depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues, a researcher reported here. In adjusted models, a dose-response relationship was seen between lack of sleep and all mental health variables examined in an analysis of data from the National College Health Assessment (NCHA), according to Thea Ramsey, a research assistant at the UA Sleep & Health Research Program at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Student athletes got more sleep overall in the study, and they had better overall mental health than non-athletes, but the relationship between insufficient sleep and mental health issues was found to be similar between student athletes and non-athletes, Ramsey and colleagues reported at SLEEP 2019, the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS). https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/apss/80445?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2019-06-14&eun=g721819d0r&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%202019-06-14&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_Active