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  • Hand-drawn-style map on sleep and mood: from a coral mark under a crescent moon, a route loops once, then runs past seven waymarks to one fixed point on the morning horizon.

    Sleep, mood and a bad week at work: one experiment worth running

    In plain words. Losing sleep makes the days that follow feel flatter and more anxious. In trials where treatment, mostly a structured treatment called CBT-I (cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia), improved people’s sleep, their symptoms of depression and anxiety eased too. Sleep-hygiene tips on their own help less than CBT-I. This article is for anyone…

  • Hand-drawn-style map: a dashed route with waymarks rises from a marked point in the contours towards a small burst of light.

    Behavioural activation works. Nobody can tell you why.

    Behavioural activation has some of the strongest outcome evidence in depression research — and no confirmed mechanism. We grade the two questions separately.