Chronotype and mental health: recent advances
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Purpose of review Evening chronotype is increasingly recognized as a correlate of, and perhaps a contributor to, mental illness. The current review evaluates recent evidence for the association between chronotype and mental illness and putative mechanisms underlying the association, while highlighting methodological advances and areas of research that are relatively under-examined in the literature. Recent findings While evening chronotype is most consistently associated with severity of mood disorder symptoms, emerging evidence implicates evening chronotype as a transdiagnostic correlate of substance use severity, anxiety symptoms, attentional difficulties, and maladaptive behaviors such as aggression. Longitudinal studies point to the possibility that evening chronotype precedes problematic substance use, depression, and anxiety. Neural processes related to reward and affective regulation may underlie associations between evening chronotype and illness. The literature on chronotype and mental illness has evolved to (1) include associations with a broader range of psychiatric symptom profiles; (2) explore underlying mechanisms; and (3) expand on earlier research using objective measures and more sophisticated study designs. In addition to further mechanistic research, additional work is needed to examine the stability and key subcomponents of the chronotype construct, as well as more attention to pediatric and special populations. This research is needed to clarify the chronotype-mental health relationship, and to identify how, when, and what aspects of chronotype can be targeted via therapeutic interventions.
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There is evidence of a correlation between evening chronotype and mood disorders, most notably seasonal affective disorder, depression, and worsening of bipolar disorder episodes.
“There is also evidence of a correlation between evening chronotype and mood disorders, most notably seasonal affective disorder, depression, and worsening of bipolar disorder episodes (Srinivasan et al. 2006; Kivelä et al. 2018; Taylor and Hasler 2018).”
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- Authors
- Taylor, B. J., & Hasler, B. P.
- Affiliations
- Maine Medical Center Research Institute (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hasler, Brant P.
- Venue
- Current Psychiatry Reports
- Published
- 2018-07-23
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 59-59
- ISSN
- 1523-3812 (ISSN-L)
- 1535-1645
- OpenAlex
- W2884209014
- Cited by
- 289
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2026: 39 · 2025: 45 · 2024: 45 · 2023: 44 · 2022: 46 · 2021: 37 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 16
- FWCI
- 2.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Current Psychiatry Reports (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Keywords
- chronotype, evening chronotype, mental illness, mood disorders, substance use, anxiety, attention deficits, aggression, depression, reward processing, emotion regulation, circadian rhythm, transdiagnostic factors
- MeSH terms
- Affect, Aggression, Anxiety, Circadian Rhythm, Depression, Humans, Mental Health, Reward, Sleep, Mood Disorders, Substance-Related Disorders
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