Effect of Deprive Sleep on Depression

Inability to sleep is one of the signs for depression, Major depressed people, approximately 15%, oversleep or don’t sleep at all. Lack of sleep alone cannot result in depression, but it does play a major role. Inability to sleep which lasts over a long period of time is also an important symptom that the person is depressed. Relation between sleep and depression are strong, which may lead to many other sleep problems like insomnia, anxiety. symptoms cause huge distress, have a major impact on quality of life, and are a strong risk factor for suicide the sleep symptoms are often unresolved by treatment, and confer a greater risk of relapse and recurrence. Therefore, successful management of sleep disturbance in depression, in order to improve quality of life of patients and reduce an important factor in depressive relapse and recurrence.