Brandy Roane, a researcher the University of North Texas, combed through more than 8,000 interviews that had been conducted with young people ages 12 to 25 years old between 1994 and 2001. About nine percent of those who were surveyed reported having trouble falling asleep every day or almost every day.
Of this sleep-deprived group, 54 percent suffered from depression and 25 percent had suicidal thoughts, compared to 32 percent and 11 percent of those who slept normally. Ten percent of the sleep-problem group had attempted suicide. This group was also more likely to use alcohol (33 percent compared to 22 percent of normal sleepers) and to smoke marijuana (18 percent vs. 11 percent).
This study appears in the journal Sleep.
Labels: depression, sleep_deprivation, drug_use
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