Is mild acute sleep deprivation harmful?

In bad cases, people with total sleep deprivation can get skin lesions and irregular heartbeats. Partial sleep deprivation is harder to pin down, ... The cognitive penalty affects not only math and language skills, but also emotional intelligence and soft skills. read more

If you are getting only 2-3 hours of sleep a night (14-21 hours a week) on a regular basis, you may have some serious problems in your future. Severe sleep deprivation can lead to chronic (recurring) illnesses such as depression, ADD, ADHD, insomnia, anorexia, extremely antisocial behaviour and some others I can't remember. read more

With the wealth of information and treatment options available for sleep deprivation, much of the suffering, illness from the many related diseases, increase in accident rates, and effects on productivity, performance, concentration, and memory can be avoided. read more

According to new research, the effects of chronic sleep deprivation on the brain are similar to those of acute sleep deprivation. Dr. Chiara Cirelli, from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and her colleagues found that in rats, five consecutive nights of only four hours of sleep had the same effect on the brain as just one night of total sleep deprivation. read more