Getting out of bed at the same time every day improves sleep, stabilizes mood, and helps control inflammation! It is also important to sleep an adequate amount (typically 7 hours) as both short and long sleep increase mortality.
Read moreSleep deprivation, especially REM sleep deprivation, not only treats depression rapidly and effectively, but it may even induce mania. This provides the basis for the theory that insufficient sleep, again primarily insufficient REM sleep, is an important cause of mania. Accordingly, to treat an acute manic episode, we need to…
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