\u0027We discovered that having a healthy lifestyle reduces risk of depression by 57 per cent\u0027
Barbara Sahakian, a neuroscience professor at the University of Cambridge, believes we need to start thinking more holistically about factors that can impact mood and lead to symptoms of depression. In a new study published in Nature Mental Health, Sahakian and colleagues examined data from almost 290,000 British people, of whom 13,000 had depression, and identified seven lifestyle factors that can increase risk of the disease, ranging from poor sleep to a lack of social connections.
The connection between sleep and mood is well studied. Sahakian’s study suggests that getting somewhere between seven and nine hours sleep per night remains important for reducing risk of depression throughout life. One of the theories is that getting adequate sleep each night is important for the immune system, which in turn boosts our emotions by dampening down underlying inflammation in the body.
However, the advent of new drugs could soon help older people with chronic sleep problems. Fox is particularly excited about three drugs called suvorexant, lemborexant and daridorexant, which have been approved by regulators in the US and could soon be available in the UK as well. Alcohol can also disrupt the quality of your sleep, because it suppresses the deepest phase of sleep in which you have dreams, leaving you feeling less refreshed, with less energy and more anxious during the day.Article content
“My uncle lived to 95 and he was never depressed, and constantly socially active,” remembers Keedwell. “His 80th and 90th birthdays were both really well attended, and I remember thinking that was quite rare, and a good example of being an energetic older person and having a big social network.
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