Nikolaj Høier is a researcher at The Danish Research Institute for Suicide Prevention (DRISP) in Copenhagen and at The Chronopsychiatry Research Group at The University of Edinburgh. His study looked at the association between sleep disorders and the risk for suicide.

In this interview, Nikolaj talks about the impact of sleep deprivation on mental health, the risks involved with medication, how sleep helps regulate your whole body and brain, how it impacts your mood and relationships, and he also gives us practical tips on improving sleep.

The researcher gives us an overview of his research findings, which included over seven million people living in Denmark during 1980 and 2016.

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