Seasonal affective disorder: the miseries of long dark nights?

Seasonal affective disorder: the miseries of long dark nights?

Many were worried that reliable data could not be collected, but Sir Richard Doll decried the fact that six years into the epidemic we know so little-about crucial aspects ofthe spread of AIDS. In particular there is a desperate need for knowledge about the transmission rate ofHIV infection by vaginal intercourse, and several speakers pleaded for anonymous testing for HIV antibodies of routine ...

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)?