Sleep disruption has been a common complaint during the pandemic. Uncertainty about the future and worries about the health and safety of loved ones fuel anxiety and may lead to sleep problems. But other factors may contribute, including disruptions in normal routines, lack of physical activity, and increased use of alcohol and other recreational drugs.
In this article from Mass General News, John Winkelman, MD, PhD, chief of the Sleep Disorders Clinical Research Program in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital provides practical guidelines for improving sleep during the pandemic.
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Tips to Improve Sleep During COVID-19 (Mass General News)
John Winkelman, MD PhD is a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Sleep Disorders Clinical Research Program in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Winkelman’s research has focused primarily in two areas: 1) epidemiology, physiology, cardiovascular consequences and treatment of restless legs syndrome, and 2) neurobiology and treatment of insomnia.
