How does sleep deprivation affect your health? RESEARCH SHOWS LACK OF SLEEP CAN AFFECT YOUR HEALTH! There have been many different perspectives and theories on how sleep deprivation can affect on health. Sleep deprivation occurs when a person is unable to sleep and does not get enough sleep. This is also known as “waking” (sleep.2014) and not getting enough sleep; 'lack of sleep'. This literature review will cover four main concepts of sleep deprivation. The key ideas in this article would be about the research done and how many hours a person should sleep, certain disorders, and what effects sleep loss will have on a person. To sleep an individual usually requires relaxed skeletal muscles in posture (sleep. 2014). Again according to numerous research conducted by the United States, United Kingdom and Australia (sleep. 2014) a person usually needs to sleep for a certain period of time depending on whether it is a weekday or a weeknight. Adults are supposed to sleep between "6 and 9 hours a night" (Sleep, 2014). However, according to sleep surveys conducted by the United States in 2009 and 1998, 6-hour sleep per night increased from "12% in 1998 to 20% in 2009" (sleep. 20149. REM sleep decreases after one night of sleep for "100 minutes" every night (MARZANO et al, 2010), in the same period in which the survey, there was a decrease to see the average of individuals sleeping for 8 hours" (sleep.2014). For 8 hours there was a decrease from 35% of people to 28% (sleep 2014). In the United States, in the UK and Australia, adults sleep on average less than 7 hours a night on weekdays due to the amount of work they do during the day and can lead to disturbances.Sl...... half of paper ......for this reason suicides occur usually due to lack of sleep and thinking Many sleep disorders should be informed by a doctor or doctor to "carefully evaluate and prevent depression and suicide risk " (Urrila, 2012). Lack of sleep can affect your health and should be prevented before this happens. too late and before the problems can worsen. More research would need to be done to actually find different treatments instead of surgeries and medicines. However, the research that has been conducted and reviewed shows that sleep deprivation should not be taken lightly, it is something that can even lead to death according to many research conducted and discussed in this literature review. People who don't get enough sleep can end up hurting themselves or suffering from various ailments and diseases.