In 1818 Johann Christian August Heinroth, considered to have been the first professor of psychiatry at a university, suggested that sleep deprivation might alleviate “melancholia,” or depression. But ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Mental health and sleep go hand in hand. Not getting enough sleep can ...

Pulling an all-nighter might leave you exhausted — but it could also be a temporary mood-booster. Researchers from Northwestern University in Illinois studied the effects of sleep deprivation in mice ...

For most of us, one of the fastest ways to wake up on the wrong side of the bed is to not spend enough time in it. Researchers have spent decades trying to understand exactly how and why losing sleep ...

Ever since Vogel's studies in the 1970s it has been known that acute sleep deprivation, particularly deprivation of REM sleep, produces a positive effect on people with depression. The extremely ...

Sleep deprivation is generally known to have a negative impact on mood, but a new study has found a paradoxical effect. The research revealed that a single night of complete sleep deprivation led to ...

Sign up for CNN’s Sleep, But Better newsletter series. Our seven-part guide has helpful hints to achieve better sleep. “We found that all forms of sleep loss ...

Dr. Vivian Sun is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her medical degree from University of Maryland and psychiatry training at University of ...

Staying awake for 24 hours can impair your cognitive function, similar to being over the DUI limit. Your risk of heart disease, depression, and obesity increases if you have chronic sleep deprivation.