Sher L, Greenberg BD, Murphy DL, Rosenthal NE, Sirota LA, Hamer DH. Section on Biological Rhythms, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Psychiatr Genet. 2000 Sep;10(3):125-30. Pleiotropy refers to the ability of a single gene to influence multiple traits. A polymorphism in the regulatory region of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) has previously […]
Sher L, Rosenthal NE, Wehr TA. Section on Biological Rhythms, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1390, USA. J Affect Disord. 1999 Dec;56(2-3):195-9. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is characterized by recurrent episodes of depression in the fall and winter that alternate with nondepressed periods in the spring and summer. Because some symptoms of SAD, […]
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 […]
To see a world in a grain of sand,And a heaven in a wild flower,Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,And eternity in an hour. A robin redbreast in a cagePuts all heaven in a rage. A dove-house fill’d with doves and pigeonsShudders hell thro’ all its regions.A dog starv’d at his master’s gatePredicts […]
“Currently, I am a forth-year resident at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa and also hold the position of a co-chief resident. I received my Medical Degree from the Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria in 2003 and pursued a career in psychiatry immediately after graduation. First, I worked for two years at Emergency Psychiatry […]
Frodl T, Bokde AL, Scheuerecker J, Lisiecka D, Schoepf V, Hampel H, Möller HJ, Brückmann H, Wiesmann M, Meisenzahl E. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Trinity College, Institute of Neuroscience, Integrated Neuroimaging, The Adelaide and Meath Hospital incorporating the National Children’s Hospital (AMNCH), St. […]
