What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?

What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?

• Seasonal Affective Disorder: Seasonal depression in seasons with low sunlight.
• Seasonal Affective Disorder: specific disorder usually appearing in the second or third decade, characterized by symptoms of depression between late fall and early spring, sometimes followed by mania or hypomania; intense light is reportedly therapeutic.
  Source - Diseases Database

Seasonal Affective Disorder: Introduction

Types of Seasonal Affective Disorder:

Broader types of Seasonal Affective Disorder:

• Depressive disorders
• Depression
• Bizarre medical conditions
• Psychological disorders
• Psychiatric disorders
• more types...»

What causes Seasonal Affective Disorder?

Causes of Seasonal Affective Disorder: see causes of Seasonal Affective Disorder

What are the symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder?

Symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder: see symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder

Seasonal Affective Disorder: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Seasonal Affective Disorder.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Seasonal Affective Disorder: see treatments for Seasonal Affective Disorder
Research for Seasonal Affective Disorder: see research for Seasonal Affective Disorder

Organs Affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder:

mental, body

Name and Aliases of Seasonal Affective Disorder

Main name of condition: Seasonal Affective Disorder

SAD

SAD Source - Diseases Database

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