Insights and updates from Europe’s leading voices in sleep health
Sleep: The Overlooked Key to Europe’s Mental Health and Resilience
Healthy sleep is a scalable and potentially cost-effective prevention opportunity for anxiety, depression, and burnout. Yet it is largely absent from EU mental health policy.
A multimodal sleep foundation model for disease prediction
Sleep is a fundamental biological process with broad implications for physical and mental health, yet its complex relationship with disease remains poorly understood. Polysomnography (PSG)—the gold standard for sleep analysis—captures…
Revealing a dormant threat to Cardiovascular health
Why diagnosing and treating sleep disorders early will improve Europeans’ heart health
Distinct convergent brain alterations in sleep disorders and sleep deprivation: a meta-analysis
A research team from Jülich, Germany, has conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis across 231 studies, revealing that chronic sleep disorders and short-term sleep deprivation impact entirely different regions of the brain.…
Why sleep apnea deserves priority in public health: a call to action
While perspectives have emphasized the importance of addressing sleep health across the life course and promoting healthy sleep habits in children and youth, less attention has been paid to the…
Sleep health across the life cycle: an unmet and neglected public health priority
The presentation will set the stage on the central role of sleep health across the life cycle. Despite the large body of evidence on the importance of poor sleep behaviors…
Epidemiology and burden of chronic insomnia disorder in Europe: an analysis of the 2020 National Health and Wellness Survey
Chronic insomnia disorder (CID) is considered a significant worldwide public health concern; however, its exact burden is unknown. We estimate its prevalence across France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United…
The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe
Healthy sleep is essential for physical and mental health, and social wellbeing; however, across the globe, and particularly in developing countries, national public health agendas rarely consider sleep health. Sleep…
