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EPISODE · Feb 6, 2026 · 7 MIN

Sleep and Mental Illness: Symptom, Signal, or Driver?

from The Non-Psychiatrist’s Guide to Lifestyle Psychiatry · host Dr Mike Trott

Sleep disturbance is almost universal in mental illness—but it’s still routinely treated as a secondary symptom. In this episode of The Non-Psychiatrist’s Guide to Lifestyle Psychiatry, we take a deep dive into sleep as a core, and potentially modifiable, factor in mental health.Links to articles mentioned in the pod: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30136-Xhttps://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08010098https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-020-0694-0

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Sleep disturbance is almost universal in mental illness—but it’s still routinely treated as a secondary symptom. In this episode of The Non-Psychiatrist’s Guide to Lifestyle Psychiatry, we take a deep dive into sleep as a core, and potentially...

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