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Sleep Problems Prevalent for Military Members Post-Deployment

Apr 6, 2015

Improving the quality and quantity of U.S. military members' sleep following deployment could help reduce other health problems, including depression and PTSD. However, a lack of consistent and transparent sleep-related policies may impede efforts to promote sleep health among service members.
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Sleep Deprivation Has Economic, Physical, and Social Consequences

Nov 30, 2016

Sleep deprivation leads to a higher mortality risk and lower productivity levels among the workforce, putting a significant damper on a nation's economy.

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Commentary on Healthy School Start Times

Given the available evidence on the powerful and sustained benefits of later school start times for middle and high school students, "to do nothing is to do harm."

Aug 22, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Commentary on Keller Et Al, 2017: The Problem with Interpreting Low Base Rate Behaviors

Some opponents of changing start times for high school students may be relying on results that could, with appropriate clarification and interpretation, actually support later start times for adolescents.

Aug 22, 2017
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Journal Article

Insomnia Severity as a Mediator of the Association Between Mental Health Symptoms and Alcohol Use in Young Adult Veterans

Insomnia severity accounts in part for the impact of symptoms of depression and PTSD on alcohol use in young adult veterans.

Aug 3, 2017
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Journal Article

Observed Relationship Behaviors and Sleep in Military Veterans and Their Partners

Associations between the relationship behaviors of young veterans and their spouses and measured sleep quality suggest that interventions to decrease hostility could improve both marital and physical health.

Jun 1, 2017
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Journal Article

Acupuncture for the Treatment of Adults with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

A systematic review found little support for promoting acupuncture as an evidence-based treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.

May 30, 2017
Commentary

Tired but Wired Youth: A Toxic Combination

The recent death of a South Carolina teen, reportedly of a caffeine overdose, is both tragic and avoidable. It should be a wake-up call for all Americans. Getting sufficient sleep should be a top health priority.

May 18, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Affiliative Interpersonal Behaviors During Stress Are Associated with Sleep Quality and Presleep Arousal in Young, Healthy Adults

Feelings of interpersonal security are important for healthy sleep.

Apr 26, 2017
Commentary

Why Early School Start Times Are a Threat to Public Health

Sleep-deprived teens are more likely to be involved in motor vehicle crashes and to abuse drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes — all of which are public health concerns. But delaying school start times remains challenging for many districts.

Apr 20, 2017
Research Brief

Research Brief

Why sleep matters: The economic costs of insufficient sleep

Improving individual sleeping habits has huge implications. Small increases in sleep can make big differences to national economies. RAND Europe's novel study quantifies the economic and social costs of insufficient sleep among the global workforce.

Apr 17, 2017
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Journal Article

Examination of Neighborhood Disadvantage and Sleep in a Multi-Ethnic Cohort of Adolescents

Greater perceived neighborhood-level social cohesion and lower neighborhood-level poverty were associated with better sleep outcomes in adolescents.

Apr 11, 2017
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Journal Article

Sleep-Wake Concordance in Couples Is Inversely Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Markers

The degree to which couples are awake or asleep at the same time throughout the night affects nighttime blood pressure and systemic inflammation, two putative markers of cardiovascular disease.

Mar 14, 2017
Multimedia

Time to Re-evaluate Sleep Policies?

In this Call with the Experts, RAND senior behavioral and social scientist Wendy Troxel explains the consequences of sleep loss.

Mar 10, 2017
Periodical

Periodical

RAND Review: March-April 2017

This issue highlights RAND research on the significant toll that poor sleep takes on society; ways to maximize benefits of investments in electricity infrastructure; social determinants of health; and RAND's new office in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Mar 7, 2017
Essay

The Costs of Poor Sleep Are Staggering

Research shows that a little more sleep could help America's families, military, and economy.

Mar 1, 2017
Brochure

Spotlight on 2016

Spotlight, RAND Europe's annual review, features ways that our objective research and analysis expanded perspectives in 2016 to provide policy and decision makers the evidence and facts during a year of highly charged political debates.

Feb 1, 2017
Commentary

How Businesses Can Take the Lead in Getting People to Sleep More

Insufficient sleep is linked to lower productivity, which results in working days being lost each year. With a few simple measures, employers could help improve the health and well-being of staff, improve their bottom lines, and contribute to a growing economy.

Dec 20, 2016
Multimedia

Sleepy Teens: A Public Health Epidemic

RAND's Wendy Troxel discusses how early school start times contribute to an epidemic of sleep deprivation among teens.

Dec 4, 2016
News Release

News Release

Lack of Sleep Costing U.S. Economy Up to $411 Billion a Year

Sleep deprivation leads to a higher mortality risk and lower productivity levels among the workforce, putting a significant damper on a nation's economy. It leads to the U.S. losing around 1.2 million working days a year.

Nov 30, 2016
News Release

News Release

Lack of Sleep Costing UK Economy Up to £40 Billion a Year

Sleep deprivation leads to a higher mortality risk and lower productivity levels among the workforce, putting a significant damper on a nation's economy. It leads to the UK losing around 200,000 working days a year.

Nov 30, 2016
Project

Why Sleep Matters: Quantifying the Economic Costs of Insufficient Sleep

Sleep deprivation is associated with a higher mortality risk, according to economic modelling of data from five OECD countries. In addition, up to 3 per cent of a country's GDP is lost due to lack of sleep; an increase in sleep could add billions of dollars to the economy.

Nov 30, 2016

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