Disruption of daily rhythms linked to mental health problems

[Northerner]

People who experience disrupted 24-hour cycles of rest and activity are more likely to have mood disorders, lower levels of happiness and greater feelings of loneliness, research suggests.

While the study does not reveal whether disruptions to circadian rhythms are a cause of mental health problems, a result of them or some mixture of the two, the authors say the findings highlight the importance of how we balance rest and activity.

“Because people have these 24-hour patterns of living nowadays and because by 2050 two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities where circadian disruption is much more likely, it is quite a big public health issue. How do we take account of our natural patterns of rest and activity and how do we design cities or jobs to protect people’s mental health?” said Daniel Smith, professor of psychiatry at the University of Glasgow and lead author of the research.

https://www.theguardian.com/science...aily-rhythms-linked-to-mental-health-problems

 

[mikeyB]

Aye, but what is one of the cardinal symptoms of mood disorders? Sleep pattern disruption. This adds nothing to something that’s been known for more than a century.

 

[Northerner]

Aye, but what is one of the cardinal symptoms of mood disorders? Sleep pattern disruption. This adds nothing to something that’s been known for more than a century.

Yup! How do they get funding for stuff like this when there are so many things that could really benefit from new insights? 🙄

 

[zuludog]

I wonder how much these people get paid to study something that the general public has known for decades?

There is an academic term for this - 'The Study of the Bleeding Obvious'. Look it up in Google

 

[trophywench]

Seriously now - I wonder whether some of the research that students have to undertake to get their degrees, is on a par with Law students taking part in a moot, or Science ones proving the theory of relativity, English Lit ones writing a paper on what Shakespeare meant when he wrote Henry VIII Part 26, etc?

All NSS/NEE bits of work ? - whereas because to get your PhD the research has to be published, the Meeja are presenting as New when it's really bloody ancient ?