This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and we will be helping raising awareness of mental health issues every day this week, with factsheets, information, support, advice and more.
The theme of this year’s week is sleep after a report by the Mental Health Foundation found that over 30 per cent of the population currently suffers from insomnia or another sleep disorder. The report identified that sleep disorders put sufferers at significantly greater risk of health problems ranging from depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder to immune deficiency and heart disease.
The Sleep Matters report revealed that lack of sleep significant impact on your mood, energy levels, personal relationships and ability to concentrate, with sufferers being four times more likely to have relationship problems and three times more likely to experience low mood.
To find out how you can get a good night’s sleep, try these factsheets:
For more information on the Mental Health Foundation, click here.
