Traditional risk factors for obesity and the metabolic syndrome, such as excess energy
intake and lack of physical activity, cannot fully explain the high prevalence of these …

In 2010, the American Heart Association defined a novel construct of cardiovascular health
to promote a paradigm shift from a focus solely on disease treatment to one inclusive of …

The extent to which sleep is causally related to mental health is unclear. One way to test the
causal link is to evaluate the extent to which interventions that improve sleep quality also …

Anxiety is the most common mental health problem worldwide. Epidemiological studies
show that sleep disturbances, particularly insomnia, affect∼ 50% of individuals with anxiety …

Insomnia disorder comprises symptoms during night and day that strongly affect quality of
life and wellbeing. Prolonged sleep latency, difficulties to maintain sleep and early morning …

While sleep serves important regulatory functions for mental health, sleep disturbances, in
particular insomnia, may favour a state of allostatic overload impairing brain neuroplasticity …

Sleep, circadian rhythms, and mental health are reciprocally interlinked. Disruption to the
quality, continuity, and timing of sleep can precipitate or exacerbate psychiatric symptoms in …

Populations with common physical diseases–such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and
neurodegenerative disorders–experience substantially higher rates of major depressive …

Signs of mental ill health that cut across psychiatric diagnostic categories at high rates are
typically viewed as non-specific occurrences, downgraded in importance and disregarded …

Background The poor physical health of people with mental illness is a multifaceted,
transdiagnostic, and global problem. People with mental illness have an increased risk of …