Does Your Bedtime Affect Mental Health?
Staying up late may seem fun at the time, but studies show that teens who stay up past midnight on a regular basis have an increased risk of depression.
Compared to teens who go to bed at 10 p.m. or earlier, those who hit the hay after midnight are 24 percent more like to be depressed. And kids who get less than 5 hours of shut-eye a night are 71 percent more likely to be depressed than those who get at least 8 hours of sleep per night.
"Adequate quality sleep could be a preventative measure against depression and a treatment for depression," said James Gangwisch, a psychotherapist at Columbia University.
What do you think? Do your sleep habits (or lack thereof) affect your well-being? Sound off!
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