Can Improving Your Sleep Improve Your Depression Symptoms? [Study]

Unhealthy sleep patterns can contribute to emotional distress by disrupting the brain networks that regulate emotion. Several lines of evidence suggest that insomnia contributes to emotionally distressing depressive mood symptoms. The CoPsyN Sleep lab at Stanford University (lab website: http://med.stanford.edu/copsynsleeplab.html) is conducting a study to investigate the degree to which the emotional regulation brain network is modified by the restoration of sleep.

Individuals who are between 25 and 60 years old, experiencing depression symptoms and trouble sleeping may be eligible for this study. Eligible participants will receive extensive sleep evaluation, individual treatment for insomnia, and reimbursement for participation. To learn more please call (650) 849-0584, email tiredbrain@stanford.edu, or fill out the interest form (https://redcap.link/sleepstudies). (For general information about participant rights, contact 866-680-2906.). This project has been approved by the IRB at Stanford University (Protocol number IRB-56961) and we would be happy to provide the letter verifying this upon request.