The importance of sleep and its impacts (physical and mental health)

Reviews/articles on the importance of adequate sleep for good physical and mental health.

**updated June 2025**

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 Sources:

*Dewald, J. F., Meijer, A. M., Oort, F. J., Kerkhof, G. A., & Bögels, S. M. (2010). The influence of sleep quality, sleep duration and sleepiness on school performance in children and adolescents: A meta-analytic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 14(3), 179-189.

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*Harrison, Y., & Horne, J. A. (2000). The impact of sleep deprivation on decision making: A review. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Applied, 6(3), 236-249.

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*Bah, T. M., Goodman, J., & Iliff, J. J. (2019). Sleep as a therapeutic target in the aging brain. Neurotherapeutics, 16(3), 554-568.

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*Billings, M. E., Cohen, R. T., Baldwin, C. M., Johnson, D. A., Palen, B. N., Parthasarathy, S., . . . Sharma, S. (2021). Disparities in sleep health and potential intervention models: A focused review. Chest, 159(3), 1232-1240.

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*Irwin, M. R. (2019). Sleep and inflammation: Partners in sickness and in health. Nature Reviews. Immunology, 19(11), 702-715.

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*Jackson, C. L., Powell-Wiley, T., Gaston, S. A., Andrews, M. R., Tamura, K., & Ramos, A. (2020). Racial/Ethnic disparities in sleep health and potential interventions among women in the United States. Journal of Women’s Health, 29(3), 435-442.

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*Johnson, D. A., Jackson, C. L., Williams, N. J., & Alcántara, C. (2019). Are sleep patterns influenced by race/ethnicity – a marker of relative advantage or disadvantage? Evidence to date. Nature and Science of Sleep, 11, 79-95.

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*Wang, C., & Holtzman, D. M. (2020). Bidirectional relationship between sleep and Alzheimer’s disease: Role of amyloid, tau, and other factors. Neuropsychopharmacology, 45(1), 104-120.

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*Zhou, Q., Zhang, M., & Hu, D. (2019). Dose-response association between sleep duration and obesity risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Sleep and Breathing, 23(4), 1035-1045.

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