Opportunities for clinical applications of rest-activity rhythms in detecting and preventing mood disorders
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Rest-activity rhythm (RAR) measurements may aid in the detection of depression risk and serve as an important target for depression prevention. This review evaluates the strength of current evidence supporting these potential applications. RECENT FINDINGS: Depression is associated with lower activity levels, that is less regularly patterned, and potentially shifted earlier or later in the day. Specific RAR patterns (combinations of several RAR characteristics) in patients with clinical depression may be unique or partially shared across disorders. Longitudinal research is limited but provides initial evidence that multiple distinct RAR patterns are associated with the risk of developing depression symptoms. SUMMARY: RAR measures provide a comprehensive and objective assessment of depression's behavioral manifestations, and therefore may be useful as monitoring tool, providing additional information to help clinicians tailor behavioral treatments to specific patients. RARs also appear to contribute to depression risk and may be an important target for depression prevention. But research has not established valid predictive metrics using RARs to diagnose depression or detect depression risk. Future research should prioritize establishing the specific RAR patterns related to depression risk in high-risk groups, and should seek to place this risk within the known psychosocial and neurobiological risk architecture of depression.
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- Authors
- Smagula, S. F.
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Smagula, Stephen F.
- ORCID
- Smagula, Stephen F.
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2016-11
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 389-396
- ISSN
- 0951-7367 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5389454
- OpenAlex
- W2519737010
- Cited by
- 47
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 1.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Current Opinion in Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32HL082610)
- National Institute of Mental Health (T32MH019986)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Keywords
- rest-activity rhythm, circadian rhythm, depression, mood disorders, depression prevention, physical activity patterns, circadian phase shift
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Motor Activity, Rest, Mood Disorders, Actigraphy
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