Nowadays, with too many distractions taking up our attention, we can easily lose track of time and not be able to get our tasks done or even have enough sleep at night.
Especially for the younger generation, sleep deprivation could be a big issue as it stunts their growth and aggravates the effects of mood swings, physical exhaustion, and mental strain among others due to puberty.
So researchers conducted a study which combined two therapies to enable teens to get more sleep at night. And it resulted with teens getting 43 more minutes of sleep per night.
Stanford researchers increased how long teens slept with light therapy, used to reset their circadian clocks, combined with cognitive behavioral therapy to motivate them to go to bed earlier.
The treatment had two components: brief, early morning flashes of bright, broad-spectrum white light to reset the teens’ circadian clocks, and cognitive behavioral therapy that motivated them to try earlier bedtimes. The findings were published online Sept. 25 in JAMA Network Open.
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