Chronotype and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence

Duration: 24 mins Publication Date: 17 Jun 2024 Next Review Date: 17 Jun 2027 DOI: 10.13056/acamh.30278

Description

In this Papers Podcast, Dimitris Tsomokos discusses his JCPP Advances paper ‘Chronotype and depression in adolescence: Results from a UK birth cohort study’.

Learning Objectives

1. The bidirectional association between sleep duration and sleep quality and depressive symptoms in adolescence.
2. The reason behind using the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), a large, population-based longitudinal birth cohort, in the study. 3. The cross-sectional association between chronotype and depressive symptoms and the differences between the sexes.
4. Can a ‘sleep catch-up mechanism’ mitigate risk for depression and are adolescence that are in tune with their circadian rhythms at less risk of depression?
5. The implications for policymakers and child and adolescent mental health professionals.
6. Gender differences and eveningness.

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JCPP Advances

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