World Health Day: If you want to fix depression, make sleep health a vital sign
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Sources:
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“Sleep as a vital sign: why medical practitioners need to routinely ask their patients about sleep.” Sleep Health, November 9, 2016. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5102393/ Accessed April 6, 2017.
Further reading:
“The Sixth Vital Sign.” Psychology Today, March 30, 2012.
“WHO: World Health Day, April 2, 2017.” World Health Organization
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