Staying Up Late Tied To Higher Risks Of Depression And Anxiety

A recent large-scale study from Stanford Medicine, led by Jamie Zeitzer and Renske Lok, found that regardless of chronotype, staying up late significantly increases the risks of depression, anxiety, and other behavioral disorders.

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You enjoy spending those late evenings working through the night as a mark of pride. However, your thrilling habit of staying up late may be subtly harming your mental well-being.

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Regardless of your chronotype, a recent extensive study from Stanford Medicine indicates that staying up late increases your chances of developing anxiety, sadness, and other behavioral disorders.

Jamie Zeitzer, a Stanford professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and the study's principal author, told The Epoch Times that the findings were quite surprising.

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The primary author of the Stanford Medicine study, Renske Lok, a postdoctoral scholar in psychiatr...

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