Sleep, sex and psychosocial health: Expanding the horizons of behavioral sleep medicine
Intimacy, including partnered sex or masturbation, may modestly improve sleep continuity via neuroendocrine and circadian pathways, supporting cautious, ethical and patient-centred integration into behavioral sleep medicine.
Authors
- Miguel Meira e Cruz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6076-0878)
- Monica Levy Andersen
Institutions
- University of Lisbon (PT)
- Sonae (Portugal) (PT)
- Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa (BR)
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Dental and Medical Problems
- Published
- 2025-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17219/dmp/209574
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Sleep and related disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.47