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Our mental health and wellbeing have a strong connection to sleep. Feeling overwhelmed and having difficulties with your wellbeing can sometimes impact on sleep, and lack of sleep can also impact on your wellbeing. It is really important to have good sleep habits so you can get to sleep at night and wake up feeling refreshed and rested.
(Reference: Adapted from mind.org, 2023)
Sleep Scotland has information and support for families struggling due to poor sleep, including useful advice and online learning course for adults.
Sleep Scotland also has information for young people to support good sleep.
NHSInform.scot, (2023), has advice and information about a range of health and well-being issues, including a self-help guide to support people with sleep problems and insomnia.
Kooth is a free, safe, and anonymous online community and website offering tailored mental health and wellbeing support for young people aged 10-18 years (or up to 26 if care experienced) in South Lanarkshire. It provides counselling, helpful articles, discussion boards, a daily journal, and a chat function to access 1:1 support, fostering a comprehensive approach to mental wellbeing.
Sleepio is a six week clinically proven app which helps people to get a better night’s sleep. This is designed to be used on a phone or tablet device. This is recommended for those aged 18+.