ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2018
Chronotype and Mental Health: Recent Advances.
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124 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Chronotype and disordered eating indicators: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical psychology review · 2026Pooled it
- The Association Between Disordered Eating and Sleep in Non-Clinical Populations-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of sleep research · 2026Pooled it
- Examining photoperiod, chronotype, and adherence as predictors of morning light treatment effects on depression symptoms: A study of five clinical trials.Journal of affective disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Circadian realignment and depressed mood: A systematic review.Sleep medicine reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Social and circadian rhythm dysregulation and suicide: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Melatonin and aggressive behavior: A systematic review of the literature on preclinical and clinical evidence.Journal of pineal research · 2022Pooled it
- Diurnal preference and depressive symptomatology: a meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
- Association Between Sleep Debt and Mental Well-Being in School-Aged Children and Adolescents in China: A Multi-Province, Cross-Sectional, Observational Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Temporal Dynamics of Influenza-Associated Anxiety Symptom Linguistic Markers on Weibo (2023-2024): Observational Study.JMIR infodemiology · 2026Observational
- The Relationship Between Chronotype and Depression Among Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Bedtime Procrastination and the Moderating Role of Parental Psychological Control.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Beyond composite scores in chronotype assessment: item-level predictive patterns in the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire.Scientific reports · 2026Observational
- Associations between work style and sleep health indicators among Japanese workers: a comparison by chronotype.Industrial health · 2026Article
- Reward Sensitivity's Associations with Morningness-Eveningness and Other Circadian-Coupled Behavioral Phenomena: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional and Prospective Relationships.Clinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association · 2026Article
- Emotion regulation and depressive symptoms mediate the association between chronotype and suicidality.Acta neuropsychiatrica · 2026Article
- Association of screen time and chronotype with depression and anxiety symptoms among Chinese adolescents.Annals of general psychiatry · 2026Article
- Chronotype and Subjective Memory Complaints: The Sequential Mediating Roles of Sleep Quality and Psychological Distress.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Sleeping green: an Italian survey for the assessment of the relationship between sleep and vegetarian diet.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2026Article
- Bedtime procrastination as the missing link between chronotype and insomnia.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Circadian irregularity in schizophrenia and familial risk: a comparative study.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewEvening 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
findingsWhile 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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