Mental Disorders: News and Research on Sleep Wake Disorders

MeSH tree: F03.870

Sleep gets price tag in new survey of 455 US adults

A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting found that people place different financial values on sleep, with those differences linked to factors such as age, income and existing attitudes about sleep.

Q&A: When is screen time healthy and when is it not?

Smartphones have been connected to a host of modern problems including loneliness, decreased physical activity, sleep problems and all the mental and physical health issues associated with those conditions.

Poor sleep threatens health, society and the economy

An increasing number of people are suffering from sleep deprivation, difficulty falling asleep, or interrupted sleep—with consequences for health, society, and the economy. An international research team involving the Institute ...

Are you sleep deprived? Your spit may hold answer

Sleep loss dulls alertness and coordination, and it can produce effects similar to severe intoxication, making actions like driving incredibly risky. But there's no clinical test for determining when someone is dangerously ...

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