Seasonal Affective Disorder: An Overview of Assessment and Treatment Approaches
Seasonal affective disorder or SAD is a recurrent major depressive disorder with a seasonal pattern usually beginning in fall and continuing into winter months. A subsyndromal type of SAD, or S-SAD, is commonly known as “winter blues.” Less often, SAD causes depression in the spring or early summer....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2015-01-01
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Series: | Depression Research and Treatment |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/178564 |