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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Main Author: Sherri Melrose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Depression Research and Treatment
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/178564