S7 Ep7: Mind the Kids ‘Regular sleep, the balm of hurt minds'

Why do some teenagers seem permanently jet lagged, wide awake at midnight and exhausted at 8am? And what does that actually do to their mood, their learning, and their long term mental health? In this episode of Mind the Kids, titled ‘Regular sleep, the balm of hurt minds ’, Dr. Konstantin Drexl joins hosts Dr. Jane Gilmour and Professor Umar Toseeb, to unpack the science of adolescent sleep: from what terms like chronotype, circadian rhythm and REM sleep really mean, to how sleep loss and anxiety feed into each other in everyday life. Together, they explore why regular sleep can act as a protective factor for some young people, why others seem especially sensitive to even small disruptions, and what this might mean for school start times, smartphones at bedtime, and whole family sleep hygiene. Whether you are a parent, teacher, clinician or researcher, this conversation offers clear, practical insights into how supporting teenage sleep could be one of the simplest ways to support teenage minds. You can read the main JCPP Advances paper discussed in this episode, “Toward an idiographic understanding of the role of sleep-mood dynamics in adolescents' internalizing symptoms” Get a free CPD/CME certificate for listening to this podcast by registering for a FREE ACAMH Learn account at Visit Facebook and LinkedIn search / ACAMH Instagram Bluesky X

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S7 Ep7: Mind the Kids ‘Regular sleep, the balm of hurt minds' is an episode from Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH).

This episode is 45:19 long.

This episode was published on Apr 15, 2026.

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