Insomnia Triggers Men’s Death, Kids’ Mental Decline

Sleep deprivation raises the risk of death in men and can trigger serious mental illnesses in children that persist into adulthood, two studies found.

Men with chronic insomnia, who typically got less than six hours of sleep a night, were four times more likely to die in one 14-year study than those who regularly got more rest. Young adults who habitually slept fewer than five hours a night were three times more likely to develop psychiatric disorders than with eight to nine hours of shut-eye, a second trial said.