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(NewsUSA) - If you're one of many Americans who often feel moody or irritable, better sleep may help you beat the blues, according to a new survey by the Better Sleep Council.

The national poll compared the quality and quantity of people's sleep to their reported mood levels over a one-week period. The results showed that those who received the recommended amount of sleep per day (seven to nine hours) were much more likely to report their mood as "excellent" than those who received six hours of sleep or less.

This comes as no surprise to sleep researchers, who have long known that one of the first signs of sleep debt is increased irritability and depression.

More than half of those surveyed ...

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