Delivery of bright light therapy within the Veterans Health Administration

DJ Reis, AL Schneider, SE King, JE Forster… - Journal of Affective …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Bright light therapy (BLT) is efficacious for seasonal and non-seasonal
depression. However, the current state of BLT use in practice is unknown, impeding efforts to …

Sleep–wake changes and incident depressive symptoms in midlife women

J Luo, S Lin - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between sleep–wake changes and
depressive symptoms events among midlife women. We enrolled 1579 women aged 44–56 …

Chronic jet lag reduces motivation and affects other mood-related behaviors in male mice

J Acosta, MT Crespo, SA Plano, DA Golombek… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: The circadian system regulates various physiological processes such as sleep-
wake cycles, hormone secretion, metabolism, and the reaction to both natural and drug …

Potential links between brown adipose tissue, circadian dysregulation, and suicide risk

J Sarlon, T Partonen, UE Lang - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Circadian desynchronizations are associated with psychiatric disorders as well as with
higher suicidal risk. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is important in the regulation of body …

Circadian light therapy and light dose for depressed young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Chen, Y Yan, X Cheng - Frontiers in Public Health, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Empirical evidence has shown that light therapy (LT) can reduce depression
symptoms by stimulating circadian rhythms. However, there is skepticism and inconclusive …

Changes in sleep patterns in people with a history of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: a natural experiment

M Shin, JJ Crouse, EM Byrne, BL Mitchell… - BMJ Ment …, 2024 - mentalhealth.bmj.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic, while a major stressor, increased flexibility in sleep–
wake schedules. Objectives To investigate the impact of the pandemic on sleep patterns in …

Chronotype and subjective sleep quality predict white matter integrity in young people with emerging mental disorders

JJ Crouse, SH Park, DF Hermens… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Protecting brain health is a goal of early intervention. We explored whether sleep quality or
chronotype could predict white matter (WM) integrity in emerging mental disorders. Young …

Disruptions to sleep and circadian rhythms are associated with poorer athlete mental health in female, but not male, elite Australian Rules footballers

L Mascaro, J Leota, D Hoffman… - Journal of sleep …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Elite athletes are vulnerable to sleep and circadian disruption and associated mental health
symptoms. This study aimed to investigate sex differences in sleep, circadian rhythms, and …

The blues and rhythm

K Imamura, A Bota, T Shirafuji, T Takumi - Neuroscience Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Most organisms, including humans, show daily rhythms in many aspects of physiology and
behavior, and abnormalities in the rhythms are potential risk factors for various diseases …

Depression and bipolar disorder subtypes differ in their genetic correlations with biological rhythms

L Sirignano, F Streit, J Frank, L Zillich, SH Witt… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Major Depression and Bipolar Disorder Type I (BIP-I) and Type II (BIP-II), are
characterized by depressed, manic, and hypomanic episodes in which specific changes of …