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The Chief Nourisher in Life’s Feast: The Importance of Sleep in Mental Health

Shakespeare knew well the fundaments of human vitality.  In Macbeth, Shakespeare depicts the inevitable devastation when one is deprived of sleep, a most basic physical necessity. After murdering King Duncan, Macbeth realizes that his guilty conscience will give him no rest until he is reduced to dust.  He bemoans sleep’s departure: Methought I heard a voice cry ‘Sleep no […]

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