Waking early after sufficient sleep lowers depression risk

Sleeping and waking up early significantly reduces your risk of depression. — AFP

The early bird gets the worm – this saying may very well also apply to mental health.

Waking up an hour earlier could reduce the risk of depression by 23%, according to a study conducted by the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Broad Institute, both in the United States, and published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.