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School hours have barely changed since the 1800s. This doesn’t suit teenagers’ sleep Ken Purnell, CQUniversity Australia This year, students at The King’s School in Sydney are starting lessons later on Wednesdays. The start of the usual day has been pushed back from 8.50am to 9.40am. This is to allow students to do self-directed learning [...]
Yaqoot Fatima, University of the Sunshine Coast; Danielle Wilson, University of the Sunshine Coast; Jasneek Chawla, and Nisreen Aouira, University of the Sunshine Coast For many families, the holidays mean sleep routines go out the window. Bedtimes drift later, screens stay on into the late evening, sleep-ins become the norm. But as term time [...]
Deborah Lupton, UNSW Sydney This is the final article in The Conversation’s six-part series on insomnia, which charts the rise of insomnia during industrialisation to sleep apps today. Read other articles in the series here. Insomnia is not just a personal issue that affects an individual’s health and wellbeing. It’s a public health issue, affecting [...]
Sarah Blunden, CQUniversity Australia Sleep, along with diet and physical activity, is one of the three pillars of good health. Good sleep makes it easier to grow, learn, perform, be happy, stay in our best weight range and generally be in the best mental and physical health. This is true for all humans but is [...]
Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, University of Pittsburgh Nearly three-quarters of high school students do not get enough sleep on school nights, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The National Sleep Foundation recommends that teens sleep for eight to 10 hours per night. But various factors hinder this, including early school start times and shifts [...]
Alexander Sweetman, Flinders University Martin turns off the light to fall asleep, but his mind quickly springs into action. Racing thoughts about work deadlines, his overdue car service, and his father’s recent surgery occupy his mind. As he struggles to fall asleep, the hours start to creep by. He becomes frustrated about how he will [...]
Associate Professor Vanessa Cropley, Dr Maria Di Biase and Rebecca Cooper For many kids, the period between childhood and early adolescence can be difficult. This transitional period is commonly known as ‘pre-adolescence’ and can be a vulnerable time for the development of mental health problems, like anxiety and depression. So many of our young adolescents [...]
Linda Pagani, Université de Montréal; Amélie Gilker Beauchamp, Université de Montréal; Beatrice Necsa, Université de Montréal; Benoit Gauthier, Université de Montréal; Kianoush Harandian, Université de Montréal, and Laurie-Anne Kosak, Université de Montréal It took a half century for the first American Surgeon General Report to establish the link between tobacco and lung cancer. In response, [...]
Cristina R. Reschke, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and Jolanta Burke, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences If you hate Mondays, you’re most certainly in good company. After a couple of days off, many of us have difficulty settling back into our routines and work duties. You may even have dread and [...]
Sarah Bergen, Karolinska Institutet Melatonin is a naturally occurring hormone that regulates the sleep-wake cycle. It’s also often used as a medication for people who have difficulty sleeping. Since there are known links between sleep problems, depression, and self-harm, we were interested in exploring whether treating sleep problems with melatonin would lead to fewer instances [...]
