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What does S. A.D. mean?

22 October, 2020

What does S. A. D. mean?
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a mood disturbance that characteristically occurs in the autumn or winter with remission in the spring and summer. Its development coincides with the fewer hours of sunlight available during the winter. In a given year, …

What is seasonal affective disorder (SAD)?

5 October, 2020

What is seasonal affective disorder (SAD)?
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression triggered by the changing of the seasons. In most cases, it occurs along with the shortening of daylight hours in the fall and continues into the winter months. SAD typically resolves …

What is seasonal affective disorder?

9 September, 2020

What is seasonal affective disorder?
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that is related to the decreased light exposure in the winter months. I mentioned it last week as one of the possible causes of the “holiday blues”, but it is an …

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What does S. A.D. mean?

What is seasonal affective disorder (SAD)?

What is seasonal affective disorder?