What is the link between insomnia and depression?

　　Insomnia is a problem that occurs in many urban people, experts from China Health Network pointed out that some of them are caused by excessive work pressure, and some of them are caused by physiological diseases that lead to the emergence of insomnia. Recently, there are experts who have studied the relationship between depression and insomnia, and the following is a specific introduction.

　　 What is the connection between insomnia and depression

　　Insomnia may cause depression. This idea is based on the results of several recent studies. One of the most famous of these was conducted through a 40-year-long follow-up observation of two groups of people, insomniacs and non-insomniacs, and it was found that the prevalence of depression was three times higher in those who suffered from insomnia than in those who did not. The study suggests that there may be a common pathogenic basis or mechanism between insomnia and depression. Although it is not yet possible to accurately reveal them, most researchers believe that their common pathological basis is in the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, which is an important neuroendocrine regulatory mechanism of the human body in a certain part of the problem.

　　In the past, effective clinical treatment of insomnia for depressed patients was advocated with the goal of reducing depressive symptoms. Now that insomnia is known to be a risk factor for depression, emphasis should be placed on actively treating insomnia in the population to reduce the number of people experiencing depression.

　　Currently insomnia has not received the public attention it deserves. A recent survey shows that only 6% of people who have experienced insomnia have sought medical treatment specifically for insomnia, while 70% of people do not regard insomnia as a disease. Insomnia is very dangerous to health, leading to insomnia has five major risk factors: increasing age; women more than men; various diseases like respiratory disease or pain, can form a vicious circle with insomnia; mental illness and shift work, and so on. However, to some extent, the treatment of insomnia is not a difficult task, especially most of the people with insomnia, as long as the change of bad sleep habits, most of them can stay away from insomnia.

　　Finally, the experts pointed out that, in fact, in our surroundings, there are a lot of patients with mild depression, if you pay attention to observe, you can find that there are some people in social occasions, always become an isolated member of the community, they are not interested in any topic, always or in their own world, we should give the depressed person a help.