Psychological therapies for preventing seasonal affective disorder

Psychological Distress and Seasonal Affective Disorder among Urban Aboriginal Participants

The prevalence of psychological distress and seasonal affective disorder (SAD) was examined in an urban Aboriginal population sample and an urban nonAboriginal population sample through the use of a modified 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ12) and the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire (SPAQ). Compared to non-Aboriginal participants (n=49), urban Aboriginal participants (n=43) w...

Seasonal affective disorder.

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a recurrent depressive disorder in which episodes occur at a particular time of year. The most frequent variant is winter SAD in which patients become depressed during the autumn or early winter, with remission or conversion to hypomania the following spring. Recognition of winter SAD is important because the diagnosis predicts a good response to the novel t...

Seasonal affective disorder.

Seasonal affective disorder.

Patients with seasonal affective disorder have episodes of major depression that tend to recur during specific times of the year, usually in winter. Like major depression, seasonal affective disorder probably is underdiagnosed in primary care settings. Although several screening instruments are available, such screening is unlikely to lead to improved outcomes without personalized and detailed ...

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)?