Pulling a sleepless night works like an antidepressant: Northwest study

According to a new study, even one night's worth of sleep deprivation saw lingering antidepressant effects that lasted for days, plus increased neuroplasticity.

Students, rejoice, your sleepless nights may have more benefits than earning you an A. That all-too-familiar feeling of “tension but fatigue” from not getting enough sleep for just one night may actually have antidepressant effects, according to a study led by a team at Northwestern University. Although chronic sleep deprivation has been studied extensively, scientists …

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Ivy League schools have a responsibility to support student mental health

Ivy League schools have a responsibility to support student mental health

In this op-ed, Sofia Barnett calls on Ivy League schools to better support their students’ mental health. Content warning: This story contains discussion of suicide. Three days before my best friend in college attempted suicide, her emergency appointment the next day at our school’s counseling service was canceled. For months, she had been battling post-traumatic …

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