Benefits of Sleep Support for Depression

With blue Monday around the corner next week, I wanted to create an article relevant to one of the ways to support depression symptoms. Buyesse et al. (2018) speaks to the high comorbidity of depression and insomnia. There is much in the research literature speaking to the benefits of addressing sleep issues when treating depression. In this article I invite you to consider two ways sleep support helps with depression.

1. Energy: poor sleep impacts physical and mental energy. Depending on the severity of someone’s depression symptoms their low energy may be significantly affecting their functioning including their ability to get out of bed. Getting proper sleep helps someone to wake up more refreshed and able to start the day.
2. Lasting Change. According to Manber et al. (2008), sleep issues and insomnia negatively impact the course of treatment for depression including response to treatment and increasing risks of relapse. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) has been documented to positively increase treatment outcomes and recovery for depression (Cunningham & Shapiro, 2018).

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