The Impact of Sleep on Depression in Teens

(Sleep Study)

About this Study:

Approximately 75% of depression and anxiety cases first occur in adolescence, and for the majority of those who have had one episode, the disorder will become chronic. There is thus a critical need to prevent first-lifetime onsets of internalizing disorders, among high-risk adolescents in particular, through interventions targeting modifiable risk factors. One such risk factor is a poor quality of sleep. Many studies have already linked poor sleep, or insomnia, to the development of internalizing (i.e., depression and anxiety) disorders in adolescents. Emerging evidence has also shown that sleep interventions such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) can improve depressive and anxiety symptoms, even when the intervention is brief. Our study hopes to expand on this by attempting to prevent these these first lifetime onsets through the use of sleep interventions.

We are currently recruiting participants for this study! If you would like more information, please click here

The Kopala Sibley Lab would like to acknowledge and thank the following funding sources:

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The C-BRAID lab would like to acknowledge that this study is conducted on the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai First Nations), as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations). The City of Calgary is also home to the Metis Nation of Alberta, Region III.