Social Jet Lag Impacting Addiction and Depression

PITTSBURGH – HEALTH – Chronic sleep deprivation–which can involve staying up late, and wake up early for work or school–has become a way of life for both kids and adults, especially with the increasing use of phones and tablets and video games late into the night.
But this social jet lag poses some serious health and mental health risks: new research finds that for teenagers, even a short period of sleep restriction could, over the long-term, raise their risk for depressi