Could bad sleep during your childhood spell a risk of early adulthood psychosis?

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In a study involving over 12,000 kids and close to 4000 young adults, UK and Aussie researchers say they found a link between persistent shorter sleep in childhood and psychosis in young adulthood. Sleep duration was collected at multiple intervals between six months and seven years of age, and then at age 24 participants were checked for any past psychotic experiences or disorders. The researchers found the group of people who had persistently short sleep durations during childhood had a higher risk of psychosis by the time they were 24. The researchers also noted that changes in inflammation may partly explain this link.

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Organisation/s: The University of Melbourne, University of Birmingham, UK

Funder: This work was supported in part by grant 217065/Z/19/Z from the UK Medical Research Council andWellcome; core support for Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children from the University of Bristol; the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre; the NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration; and National Health and Medical Research Council investigator grant 1177370 and University of Melbourne Dame Kate Campbell Fellowship (Dr Cropley).

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