Observational analysis reveals sleep loss and social media usage may impact mental illness self-diagnosis in college students, highlighting the need for addressing lifestyle factors.
It is not known if the circadian disruption-mental illness self-diagnosis and uncertainty relationship is directly casual, or mediated by negative behaviors associated with such disruption, including social media usage or sleep loss. Regardless, the findings have implications for shift workers, college students, and for other individuals who do not maintain a 'regular' sleep schedule.
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