Scientists Probe Sleep Deprivation, Depression Links

When numerous studies began to suggest that those suffering from the debilitating affects of postpartum depression were helped by sleep deprivation, many women were skeptical. Postpartum depression affects between 5 and 25 percent of new mothers with symptoms that include sadness, fatigue, anxiety and irritability. But now, nearly a decade later, new research that is grounded in those controversial sleep studies is providing new insight into the sleep-depression connection. Sleep...Full Story