Disturbed sleep can worsen depressive symptoms of health care workers whose jobs come with high levels of emotional labor and work-family conflict.
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Even the world’s best athletes say sleep is important for helping them perform well.
Sound sleep, for long enough every night, with consistent bed and wake-up times are critical for kids’ health. A child development expert suggests some overarching tips to help get you there.
The clue is in exercise’s ability to control levels of our “stress” hormone, cortisol.
Supporting mothers’ and infants’ sleep can decrease the stressors of motherhood, improve maternal mood and mental health and promote better infant development.
Kids may not be able to communicate when they’re sleepy, or perhaps can’t even identify this. Then there’s always the fear of missing out on things going on in the waking world.
Children’s sleep problems can affect not only their own wellbeing, but that of their parents. Helping parents manage these problems can also reduce their own risk of depression.
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Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia
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Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, Wayne State University
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Lecturer in Exercise, Nutrition, and Health, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer in Health and Exercise Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of Behavioural Medicine, University of Stirling
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Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Victoria
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PhD researcher, Stress, Healthy Ageing and Physical Exercise, University of Stirling
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Associate Professor of Nursing, UMass Lowell
