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Night Owls: Depression Risk Revealed

4 min readMar 21, 2025

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Five percent.

According to the World Health Organization, that’s the percentage of the world’s population that suffers from depression.

The night owl’s lifestyle may come with a hidden cost.

New research points to this:

A potential link between evening activity and an increased risk of depression.

Did you know that night owls have a higher risk of depression (than morning larks)?

Today, I’ll explore how your chronotype — the preferred time of day you like to be awake or asleep — may impact your depression risk.

Night Owls: You Are Not Alone

“There is a romance about all those who are abroad in the black hours.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

Charles Darwin.

Keith Richards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill#/media/File:Sir_Winston_Churchill_-_19086236948.jpg.

Sir Winston Churchill.

Check, check, check. All night owls.

Chronotypes and Intelligence

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Michael Hunter, MD
Michael Hunter, MD

Written by Michael Hunter, MD

I have degrees from Harvard, Yale, and Penn. I am a radiation oncologist in the Seattle area. You may find me regularly posting at www.newcancerinfo.com

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