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Sleep Deprivation Linked To Depression In Teens

First Posted: 06/09/10 12:04 PM ET Updated: 11/17/11 09:02 AM ET

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Sleep-deprived high school students who doze off in class aren't just risking the wrath of their teachers. They're also three times more likely to be depressed than their alert classmates.

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Sleep-deprived high school students who doze off in class aren't just risking the wrath of their teachers. They're also three times more likely to be depressed than their alert classmates.
Sleep-deprived high school students who doze off in class aren't just risking the wrath of their teachers. They're also three times more likely to be depressed than their alert classmates.
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MNmommy
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05:30 PM on 06/12/2010
"Though the study was relatively small and limited to a single high school, experts say the findings likely reflect the experience of American adolescents as a whole. High school students in particular are facing greater academic pressure and college competition than ever before, and all those AP classes and extracurricular activities can eat into sleep time."

Never mind be expected to be on the bus @ 6:20 am.
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Ljilja
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11:48 AM on 06/10/2010
Who can possibly be surprised?

Teens simply do no sleep in this country. My own three children put themselves through sleepless tortures because that is what teens do! Why? Just when the body and mind need most rest in order to grow and develop, our children don't get the sleep they need.

We need to rethink our priorities.

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