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The article states: “They also tested the possibility that it was poor mental health causing people to stay up late, not the other way around. They tracked a su
by layer8 2y ago
The article states: “They also tested the possibility that it was poor mental health causing people to stay up late, not the other way around. They tracked a subset of participants who had no previous diagnosis of a mental disorder for the next eight years. During that time, night owls who slept late were the most likely to develop a mental health disorder.”
- s1mplicissimus 2y agoA diagnosis requires crossing a certain threshold of suffering to even get diagnosed, also stigma is a reason many people still refrain from seeking diagnosis. the night owls might just not yet have been diagnosed at the time of this study