Restoring sleep patterns could improve recovery after a serious brain injury.
It’s known that lack of sleep has been linked to anxiety, depression, and may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s. But researchers are now examining how insufficient sleep may be the onset to some of these psychiatric and neurological disorders, as opposed to merely a symptom.
So does lack of sleep qualify as a public health crisis? And if so, what kind of policy changes would be made to combat the crisis? What might a campaign for treating sleep deprivation look like? We discuss.