Mental health and sleep correlates of self-reported outdoor daylight exposure in over 13,000 adults with depression

Jacob J. Crouse; Shin Ho Park; Brittany L. Mitchell; Enda M. Byrne; Sarah E. Medland; Tian Lin; Jan Scott; Zsofi de Haan; Emiliana Tonini; Frank Iorfino; Naomi R. Wray; Nicholas G. Martin; Ian B. Hickie

doi:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2025.20

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Mental health and sleep correlates of self-reported outdoor daylight exposure in over 13,000 adults with depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2025

Jacob J. Crouse*: Affiliation:
Youth Mental Health and Technology Team, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Shin Ho Park: Affiliation:
Youth Mental Health and Technology Team, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Brittany L. Mitchell: Affiliation:
Mental Health and Neuroscience Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Enda M. Byrne: Affiliation:
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Sarah E. Medland: Affiliation:
Mental Health and Neuroscience Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Tian Lin: Affiliation:
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Jan Scott: Affiliation:
Youth Mental Health and Technology Team, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia Academic Psychiatry, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Zsofi de Haan: Affiliation:
Youth Mental Health and Technology Team, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Emiliana Tonini: Affiliation:
Youth Mental Health and Technology Team, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Frank Iorfino: Affiliation:
Youth Mental Health and Technology Team, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Naomi R. Wray: Affiliation:
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Department of Psychiatry, The University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Oxford Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Nicholas G. Martin: Affiliation:
Mental Health and Neuroscience Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Ian B. Hickie: Affiliation:
Youth Mental Health and Technology Team, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
*: *Correspondence to: Dr Jacob Crouse (jacob.crouse@sydney.edu.au) 94-100 Mallett St, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney

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Keywords

daylight sunlight insomnia circadian chronobiology mood disorders

Type: Research Article
Information: European Psychiatry , Accepted manuscript , pp. 1 - 34

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