KESIHATAN
THE CONNECTION BE-
TWEEN MENTAL HEALTH
AND SLEEP
- MUHAMAD IRFAN IZZUDDIN
Being in 2020, mental health has finally
been recognised as a serious disease.
Slowly but surely, the stigma that surrounds
mental illness has been eradicated
and people are starting to understand the illness
a lot better. Mental health by definition is described
as the wellbeing of one’s mind, behavior and emotion.
A person who suffers from mental illness will
have a hard time to do any normal daily activities
and maintain an interpersonal connection with another
human being. Mental health problems can
affect one’s relationship and to an extent one’s
physical health. Further elaboration by the World
Health Organisation (WHO) regarding mental
health defined it as the state of well-being in which
an individual realizes his or her own abilities in
coping with the normal stresses of life. According
to WHO, people without mental health problems
can work productively, and are able to make
a contribution to his or her community. WHO
also stresses that mental health is more than just
the absence of mental disorders or disabilities.
Preserving and restoring mental health is very
very crucial on an individual basis as well as
throughout throughout different societies
and communities. Mental health will affect
everyone from despite one’s age, sex, income
or ethnicity. Biological factors, lifestyle
choices, social and financial circumstance
shapes a person’s mental health. Most of the
people who have mental health disorders will
have more than one condition. It is advisable
for people with mental health disorders to seek
help from the doctors. But there are things that
we can do on our own to avoid compromising
our mental health. Sleep and mental health are
closely connected. Lack of sleep will affect
your psychological state and mental health.
People with mental health problems are more
likely to have insomnia or other sleep disorders.
One of the problems that patients with anxiety,
depression, bipolar disorder and attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have in
common is sleep, be it the lack of sleep or too
much. Back then, clinicians who treated patients
with psychiatric disorders have viewed insomnia
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