The syndrome of seasonal affective disorder is a condition where depressions in fall and winter alternate with nondepressed periods in the spring and summer
Rosenthal NE, Sack DA, Gillin JC, Lewy AJ, Goodwin FK, Davenport Y, Mueller PS, Newsome DA, Wehr TA.Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1984 Jan;41(1):72-80. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a syndrome characterized by recurrent depressions that occur annually at the same time each year. We describe 29 patients with SAD; most of them had a bipolar affective […]
Kegel M, Dam H, Ali F, Bjerregaard P.Department of Psychiatry, Ballerup, Ballerup Boulevard 2, Ballerup 2750, Denmark. Nord J Psychiatry. 2009;63(4):331-5. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) in Greenlanders and Danes living at four different latitudes in Greenland. A Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire (SPAQ) was mailed […]
Howland RH.University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2009 Jan;47(1):17-20. The syndrome of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is defined as a history of major depressive episodes that recur regularly at a particular time of year, typically fall or winter, and completely […]
Sher L, Matthews JR, Turner EH, Postolache TT, Katz KS, Rosenthal NE.Section on Biological Rhythms, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Md., USA.J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2001 Sep;26(4):336-8. OBJECTIVE: To determine if the antidepressant effect of 1 hour of light therapy is predictive of the response after 1 and 2 weeks of treatment in patients with […]
Charlton BG. Med Hypotheses. 2009 Jan;72(1):1-7. This article will present a model for how ‘depression’ (i.e. depressive symptoms) can be divided into four self-diagnosed sub-types or causes which might then be self-treated using agents available without prescription. (Another, much rarer, cause of depressed symptoms is the classical illness of ‘melancholia’, which when severe cannot be […]
Kennedy CH, Cook JH, Poole DR, Brunson CL, Jones DE. Review of the first year of an overseas military gambling treatment program. Mil Med. 2005 Aug;170(8):683-7. This study provides descriptive information and preliminary first-year outcome data on the only overseas military gambling treatment option currently available. Implemented in January 2003 within the Substance Abuse Rehabilitation […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The syndrome of “seasonal affective disorder” (SAD) is a condition where depressions in fall and winter alternate with nondepressed periods in the spring and summer. It has been suggested that in order to be diagnosed as having SAD a patient must met the following criteria: a history of major affective disorder; at […]
