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MEDICAL MATTERS:Sleep is essential for brains, but daytime naps can make depression worse, writes Harry Barry 

FOLLOWING AN excellent piece on Sad by Dr Muiris Houston and a subsequent article by Catherine Foley in The Irish Times, many people have contacted me. I would like, therefore, to explain further the links between sleep, light and depression.