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Teen Drinking and Mental Health

Interventions for teenagers at risk of emotional and behavioural problems can significantly reduce their drinking behaviour, and that of their schoolmates.

 

This is the result from a new randomised controlled trial published in JAMA Psychiatry.

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Alcohol Cuts Sleep Benefits

Large amounts of alcohol are known to shorten sleep latency, increase slow-wave sleep, and suppress rapid eye movement (REM) during the first half of sleep.

 

During the second half of sleep, REM increases and sleep becomes shallower. A study of the acute effects of alcohol on the relationship between sleep and heart rate variability (HRV) during sleep has found that alcohol interferes with the restorative functions of sleep.

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