Disturbed sleep can worsen depressive symptoms of health care workers whose jobs come with high levels of emotional labor and work-family conflict.
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Even the world’s best athletes say sleep is important for helping them perform well.
Sound sleep, for long enough every night, with consistent bed and wake-up times are critical for kids’ health. A child development expert suggests some overarching tips to help get you there.
The clue is in exercise’s ability to control levels of our “stress” hormone, cortisol.
Supporting mothers’ and infants’ sleep can decrease the stressors of motherhood, improve maternal mood and mental health and promote better infant development.
Kids may not be able to communicate when they’re sleepy, or perhaps can’t even identify this. Then there’s always the fear of missing out on things going on in the waking world.
Children’s sleep problems can affect not only their own wellbeing, but that of their parents. Helping parents manage these problems can also reduce their own risk of depression.
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Professor Emeritus of Nursing, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor at Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University
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Sleep Researcher, Appleton Institute, HealthWise Research Group, CQUniversity Australia
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Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan
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Sleep Psychologist and Researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Behavioural Medicine, University of Stirling
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Associate Professor of Nursing, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, University of Southampton
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Lecturer in Welsh, Cardiff University
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Trinity College
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Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, Wayne State University
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Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Victoria
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Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Allied Health, Sport and Social Work, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia
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PhD researcher, Stress, Healthy Ageing and Physical Exercise, University of Stirling