The Prospective Association between Sleep Deprivation and Depression among Adolescents

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  •  By Loran Simon

teenThe community based two-wave cohort study was conceived to examine the prospective and the reciprocal association between sleep deprivation and depression among adolescents. At the baseline, the study recruited 4,175 youths between the ages of 11 and 17 years of age, 3, 134 of them were followed up after a period of one year.

The results were that sleep deprivation at baseline predicted the measures of depression at follow-up whereas on the reciprocal, depression at baseline predicted sleep deprivation at follow-up. The conclusion was that reduced quantity of sleep increases risk for major depression, which in turn increases risk for decreased sleep.

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http://www.journalsleep.org/ViewAbstract.aspx?pid=29307

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Prof. Ash is the inventor of the highly successful SOMNOWELL Chrome device for snoring and sleep apnoea.

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Prof. Ash works at the forefront of his profession. He is a Consultant and Specialist Orthodontist with over 30 years clinical experience, with a special interest in sleep related breathing disorders, TMJD, and bruxism. He currently works in Harley Street London and two private hospitals in London as part of a multi-disciplinary team managing snoring and sleep apnoea, and is Visiting Professor of Orthodontics at the BPP University.

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