Effect of Long-Term Insomnia on Mental Health

Dear Colleagues,

Over the past decade, world peace has been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, war, and natural disasters resulting from climate change. All these changes, combined with changes to civilization, have caused anxiety that has reduced people’s subjective well-being across the globe, especially teenagers and adults. The purpose of this Special Issue is to explain mental health problems in relation to chronic sleep disorder. Sleep is a fundamental physiological function of the brain. Among sleep disorders, insomnia is the most prevalent and exhibits a high co-morbidity profile. Studies have acknowledged insomnia as a predictor of serious clinical conditions, such as depression, anxiety, and cognitive impairment. Long-term insomnia rates have been linked to multiple conditions, including mental disorders. This indicated that insomnia is a worldwide public and economic health burden, and suggests that targeting insomnia would help in preventing the progression and reducing the risks of mental disorders. The main goal of this Special Issue is to examine the bio-psycho-social associations between long-term insomnia and mental disorders. By presenting papers that use different study designs, methodological approaches, and populations, we aim to fill current knowledge gaps in the study of long-term insomnia and mental health. Further, we hope that this Special Issue will help in identifying a potential interventional target to address this issue. We welcome original cross-sectional studies, longitudinal and experimental studies, literature reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses that are in line with our aims, and will accept papers from the medical, clinical, and social sciences.

Topics may include issues such as:

• Discussing the mechanism of association between long-term insomnia and mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, burnout, alcohol and substance use disorders, behavioral addictions, eating disorders, and other health problems.
• Investigating the prevalence of long-term insomnia along with a comprehensive analysis of its association with mental disorders.
• Highlighting the consequences of insomnia–mental health associations at social, educational and clinical levels.

Dr. Aleksandra M. Rogowska
Guest Editor

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