Sleep deprivation Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Mood === Sleep deprivation can have a negative impact on mood.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kramer M, Roehrs T, Roth T | title = Mood change and the physiology of sleep | journal = Comprehensive Psychiatry | volume = 17 | issue = 1 | pages = 161β165 | date = January 1976 | pmid = 174865 | doi = 10.1016/0010-440x(76)90065-1 }}</ref> Staying up all night or taking an unexpected night shift can make one feel irritable. Once one catches up on sleep, one's mood will often return to baseline or normal. Even partial sleep deprivation can have a significant impact on mood. In one study, subjects reported increased sleepiness, fatigue, confusion, tension, and total mood disturbance, which all recovered to their baseline after one to two full nights of sleep.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Sleep and Mood {{!}} Need Sleep|url=http://healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/need-sleep/whats-in-it-for-you/mood#1.|access-date=21 January 2021|website=healthysleep.med.harvard.edu|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321052445/http://healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/need-sleep/whats-in-it-for-you/mood#1.|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Dinges DF, Pack F, Williams K, Gillen KA, Powell JW, Ott GE, Aptowicz C, Pack AI | title = Cumulative sleepiness, mood disturbance, and psychomotor vigilance performance decrements during a week of sleep restricted to 4-5 hours per night | journal = Sleep | volume = 20 | issue = 4 | pages = 267β277 | date = April 1997 | pmid = 9231952 }}</ref> [[Depression (mood)|Depression]] and sleep are in a bidirectional relationship. Poor sleep can lead to the development of depression, and depression can cause [[insomnia]], [[hypersomnia]], or [[obstructive sleep apnea]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Depression and Sleep|url=https://www.sleepfoundation.org/mental-health/depression-and-sleep|access-date=21 January 2021|website=Sleep Foundation |date=18 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Franzen PL, Buysse DJ | title = Sleep disturbances and depression: risk relationships for subsequent depression and therapeutic implications | journal = Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience | volume = 10 | issue = 4 | pages = 473β481 | date = 2008 | pmid = 19170404 | pmc = 3108260 | doi = 10.31887/DCNS.2008.10.4/plfranzen }}</ref> About 75% of adult patients with depression can present with insomnia.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Nutt D, Wilson S, Paterson L | title = Sleep disorders as core symptoms of depression | journal = Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience | volume = 10 | issue = 3 | pages = 329β336 | date = 2008 | pmid = 18979946 | pmc = 3181883 | doi = 10.31887/DCNS.2008.10.3/dnutt }}</ref> Sleep deprivation, whether total or not, can induce significant anxiety, and longer sleep deprivations tend to result in an increased level of anxiety.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Pires GN, Bezerra AG, Tufik S, Andersen ML | title = Effects of acute sleep deprivation on state anxiety levels: a systematic review and meta-analysis | journal = Sleep Medicine | volume = 24 | pages = 109β118 | date = August 2016 | pmid = 27810176 | doi = 10.1016/j.sleep.2016.07.019 }}</ref> Sleep deprivation has also shown some positive effects on mood and can be used to treat depression.<ref name="Sleep and depression review" /> Chronotype can affect how sleep deprivation influences mood. Those with morningness (advanced sleep period or "lark") preference become more depressed after sleep deprivation, while those with eveningness (delayed sleep period or "owl") preference show an improvement in mood.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Selvi Y, Gulec M, Agargun MY, Besiroglu L | title = Mood changes after sleep deprivation in morningness-eveningness chronotypes in healthy individuals | journal = Journal of Sleep Research | volume = 16 | issue = 3 | pages = 241β244 | date = September 2007 | pmid = 17716271 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2007.00596.x | url = http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/85192141/2006-selvi.pdf | url-status = live | s2cid = 42338269 | doi-access = free | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141215025258/https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/85192141/2006-selvi.pdf | archive-date = 15 December 2014 }}</ref> Mood and mental states can affect sleep as well. 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