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Health
Rachael Ward

Link between light exposure and mental health

There's fresh insight into the link between bright light and mental health with research revealing modern lifestyles are confusing our bodies and making us sick.

A study of almost 87,000 people published in peer-reviewed journal Nature Mental Health found being exposed to light at night increases a person's risk of psychiatric disorders.

It increased the likelihood of depression by 30 per cent, while also driving up the likelihood of anxiety, bipolar,  PTSD severity and self-harm.

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