The Body and Sleep video

Sleep or lack of and depression
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As a related aside, I've seen evidence recently that lack of sleep can change a child's personality. Overall, my five year old son is fairly easy-going, not aggressive and rarely hyper. Until I started working full-time in June, he went to bed at a relatively early hour and got at least ten or eleven hours sleep. Once I started coming home at 5:30, he was going to bed later and getting less than ten hours of sleep. After about two months of the later bedtime, his personality changed so much that he was getting daily time-outs at school due to shoving other children and calling them names (he also did some of this at home). In addition, despite having virtually no accidents since he was toilet trained, he started having frequent accidents at both home and school. Once I figured out what the problem was and got him to bed earlier, his personality went back to normal.

A little bit of sleep deprivation does a lot of harm
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By Pippa Wysong
The Medical Post, June 4, 1996
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - A little sleep deprivation can cheer up patients with unipolar depression.

The problem is after they go to sleep the next night, they wake up even more depressed.

Sticker shock what the financial crisis cost in lost wealth
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Beyond dollars and cents, the financial crisis had substantial negative impacts on American families both at present and, likely, for decades to come as the hardships faced by children translate into changed lives into the future. The poverty rate, for example, increased from 9.8 percent in 2007 to 10.3 percent in 2008, meaning that an additional 395,000 families fell into poverty….

The financial crisis of 2007 to 2010 has had a massive impact on the United States. Millions of American families suffered losses of jobs, incomes, and homes — and the effects of these losses will play out on society for generations to come.


The rich get richer and the poor get poorer
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NEW YORK | Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:55pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The rich grew richer last year, even as the world endured the worst recession in decades.

A stock market rebound helped the world's ranks of millionaires climb 17 percent to 10 million, while their collective wealth surged 19 percent to $39 trillion, nearly recouping losses from the financial crisis, according to the latest Merrill Lynch-Capgemini world wealth report.

Stock values rose by half, while hedge funds recovered most of their 2008 losses, in a year marked by government stimulus spending and central bank easing.

I knew I loved you before I met you I think I dreamed you into my life

Sleep more to fight obesity
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Sleep More to Fight Obesity
Obesity Tied to Lack of Sleep, Say Researchers
By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health NewsNov. 16, 2004 -- Skimping on sleep may make you more vulnerable to obesity, according to a new study.

The finding is based on data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I (NHANES I). More than 9,000 people participated in the initial study, which was conducted from 1982-1984. They were initially weighed, and later, researchers obtained a self-reported weight for follow-up. More than 8,000 people took part in a 1987 follow-up study.

People who reported getting less than seven hours of sleep a night were more likely to be obese on initial evaluation. The study also showed that they were also more likely to develop obesity during follow-up.

Inadequate sleep linked to kids obesity
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Study Shows Shorter Sleep Duration Could Be a Risk Factor for Childhood Obesity
By Bill Hendrick
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Laura J. Martin, MDMay 4, 2010 -- Kids who don't get enough sleep are at increased risk of becoming overweight compared to those who slumber soundly, new research indicates. And this may be especially true for boys.

Researchers collected data on 723 young people with a mean age of 14.7, studying how long they slept on weeknights and weekends, how often they reported sleep problems, and the foods and beverages they consumed.


Sleep deprivation and depression
Acad Med. 2006 Jan;81(1):82-5.

Evolution of sleep quantity, sleep deprivation, mood disturbances, empathy, and burnout among interns.
Rosen IM, Gimotty PA, Shea JA, Bellini LM.

Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Ilene.Rosen@uphs.upenn.edu

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PURPOSE: To explore the relationships between sleep deprivation and the evolution of mood disturbances, empathy, and burnout among a cohort of interns. METHOD: In 2002-03, 47 interns in the internal medicine resident program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine completed the following instruments at baseline and at year end: sleep quantities, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory-Short Form, the Interpersonal Reactivity Index, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey. The prevalences of acute and chronic sleep deprivation, subjective sleepiness, burnout, empathy, and depression at the beginning of the year were compared to prevalences at the end of internship. Associations between sleep deprivation and mood, empathy, or burnout were explored. RESULTS: The prevalence of chronic sleep deprivation, depression, burnout, and empathy increased from baseline to year end. Specifically, the prevalence of "high" scores changed for chronic sleep deprivation (9% to 43%, p = .0001). The prevalence of moderate depression increased from 4.3% to 29.8% (p = .0002). Only 4.3% reported a high level of burnout initially compared with 55.3% at year end (p < .0001). Scores that were originally more favorable than general population norms (p < .001) approached norms at the end of the year for empathic concern (p = .15). There was an association between becoming chronically sleep deprived and becoming depressed (OR = 7, p = .014). CONCLUSIONS: Given the association between chronic sleep deprivation and mood disturbances during internship, outcome assessment is warranted to see if duty-hour reform will translate into more hours slept or fewer hours worked, coincident with improved mood. Just another study