High prevalence of seasonal affective disorder among persons with severe visual impairment
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High prevalence of seasonal affective disorder among persons with severe visual impairment.
BACKGROUND Light severely affects the occurrence of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). AIMS To compare the prevalence of SAD in persons with severe visual impairment and persons with full sight, and in persons with severe visual impairment with or without light perception. METHOD This cross-sectional study assessed the Global Seasonality Score (GSS) and the prevalence of SAD among 2781 pers...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.162354