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ends Sunday; clocks will fall back one hour at 2 a.m. An extra hour of sleep sounds divine, but a one-hour shift back to standard time this weekend can worsen mental health. The return to standard time is thought less disruptive on human brains and bodies than springing an hour forward in March, when most of Canada enters back into daylight saving time However, a one-hour shift, in either direction, can impact mental and physical health, experts said.
“We know that there are mini clocks in a lot of tissues and organs, and all of that machinery is really central to optimize our daily functioning,” Robillard said. “Our digestive tracts, our metabolism, our immune system, our hormones, our temperature — everything is aligned to function optimally during the daytime and to recuperate during the sleep episode.”
The fall time change has been associated with increased risks of mood disorders, and a worsening of depression and substance use, particularly among men.showed the transition from daylight savings time to standard time was associated with an increase in the number of diagnoses of depression that dissipated over about 10 weeks.
It’s true that as we enter winter months and darker days, it’s hard to untangle the effects of seasonal affective disorder, Robillard said. But it’s also possible that, while we’re already psychologically bracing for that seasonal change, “suddenly — boom — we have this acute event where we shift the clock by one hour.”
“Some of the arguments are mostly centred around businesses that benefit in having people staying up later, or enjoying an hour extra on the golf course,” Robillard said. But the phrase “sunshine protection” is somewhat misleading. “The big problem is if we were to keep DST this weekend, people in Ottawa would go to school or work in the dark, which is very detrimental,” said Dr.
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