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Sleep Deprivation and its Consequences

May 27, 2015

Whether insomnia, sleep deficits or deprivation, when our established sleep cycles are disrupted, it can have serious psychological consequences.

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The researchers found that sleep deprivation can cause psychological disorders very similar to symptoms observed in patients suffering schizophrenia, and can even cause sufferers to act on suicidal tendencies.

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