About
Quality sleep is fundamental to the health and well-being of teenagers, playing a key role in their mental and emotional resilience. Teens who get enough rest can cope better with stress and handle the emotional and social challenges they encounter and it helps them concentrate and focus in school, and make thoughtful decisions. By promoting sleep from an early age, we can help young people build positive habits that support safer choices, more consistent performance at school and good mental well-being.
Speaker
Faith Orchard
Dr
Dr Faith Orchard, is a Research Psychologist and Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Sussex with a special interest in developing our understanding of factors involved in adolescent depression, including negative thinking patterns and sleep disturbances. Faith is also a co-author of the recent paper ‘Sleep’s role in the development and resolution of adolescent depression’.
