VIDEO: Shift to daylight savings time causes social jet lag in adolescents

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Research shows that switching to daylight savings time not only causes short-term daytime sleepiness in adolescents, it may be linked to chronic mental health issues, Christina F. Chick, PhD, said at the SLEEP meeting.

Chick, an instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, explained that social jet lag is, “the difference in sleep time or midpoint of your sleep period between work or school nights and free nights.”