In the Media: Why You May Have Insomnia Right Before Your Period
Dr. Laura Payne offers independent feedback to a new study examining if changes in sleep and mood are connected to menstrual cycles.
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Video: Good Nights, Better Days—Sleep’s Relationship to Mental Health
Sleep is as essential to our health as eating, drinking, and breathing. Though many of us are sleep-deprived, those of us with mental health conditions are more likely to feel the impact of less sleep—and sleep problems tend to affect upwards of 80% of patients in psychiatric practices. How can we...
In the Media: Why So Many Canadians Are Losing Sleep, Exercise Because of Social Media
“People will share a selection of their lives, not their full lives on social media, and so users will only see a snippet, and that is a reference point for their own lives.” – Dr. Jacqueline Sperling
Conte Center Grant Provides Opening to Understanding the Role of Sleep in PTSD
To sleep, perchance to dream. Except when those dreams turn into nightmares replaying a traumatic event from the past. That’s why the study of sleep and circadian rhythm disruption is a central element of the 5-year, $13.5 million research effort at McLean Hospital that hopes to better understand...
Video: Lecture – Combining Medications and CBT for Insomnia
Presented by Jared Minkel, PhD, Rhode Island Hospital – Visiting Scholar Series lecture Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) techniques combined with medications have been shown to be effective in treating individuals with chronic insomnia. In this presentation, Minkel discusses various types of CBT and...
Video: Sleep Hygiene – McLean in Mumbai
Speaker: Dr. Sreelakshmi V. In February 2019, McLean Hospital, in collaboration with the N.S. Vahia Foundation, offered a weeklong lecture series hosted at the Nehru Science Center in Mumbai focused on educating the public and professionals about brain and mental health. Learn more: mclean.org...
Video: Lecture – Sleep Matters – Translational Efforts to Examine Connections Between Sleep and Mental Health
Crossroads in Psychiatry Bill Carlezon, PhD (Elizabeth Ryan, PhD) and Scott Lukas, PhD, McLean Hospital
Being Bullied May Dramatically Affect Sleep Suggests New McLean Hospital Research
New research from McLean Hospital neuroscientists shows in an animal model that being bullied can have long-term, dramatic effects on sleep and other circadian rhythm-related functions, symptoms that are characteristic of clinical depression and other stress-induced mental illnesses. The researchers...
