Sleep and Depression
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| Roseanne Armitage, Ph.D. |
October 24, 2006
7:00-8:30 p.m
Multi-Purpose Room
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown
353 S. Fifth Avenue
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Audience Q&A
Sleep affects the well-being of all people. Having depression can affect sleep so significantly that it feels as though you are suffering from permanent jet lag. Everyone can imagine how they felt after their worst night’s sleep - a person with a sleep disorder feels that way nearly every day of their lives. Because sleep can profoundly impact those suffering with depression, it is necessary to understand the role that it plays in depression and how sleep problems can be managed to make the treatment of depression more effective.
The Sleep and Chronophysiology Laboratory at the University of Michigan is a research laboratory that investigates sleep and biological rhythm regulation from childhood through adulthood. The laboratory has a strong interest in the biological risk factors for depression, how major depressive disorder affects the sleep of both children and adults, and whether sleep-focused interventions can help to improve depression treatment.
To provide greater understanding of the connections between sleep and depression, the University of Michigan Depression Center and the Ann Arbor Public Library will present the fourth Bright Nights community forum, “Sleep and Depression,” to be held Tuesday, October 24th, from 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Ann Arbor District Library Downtown Branch (corner of S. Fifth Ave. and William).
Dr. Roseanne Armitage, director of the U-M Sleep and Chronophysiology Laboratory, will present a brief overview describing how sleep and depression interact and information on the latest sleep and depression research underway at U-M. This will be followed by a specialist panel discussion with Dr. J. Todd Arnedt and Dr. Elizabeth Young from the U-M Depression Center, and Dr. Ronald Chervin, Director of the U-M Sleep Disorders Center.
Bright Nights™ is open to the public and there is no charge for attendance. For more information, please contact Trish Meyer, 763-7495, or meyerpa@umich.edu.
