seasonal affective disorder
n. SADS, depression that recurs during the fall or winter months as the days grow shorter; syndrome characterised by depressions that repeat once a year at the same (usually during the fall or winter months) | ||||
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Seasonal affective disorder
Seasonal affective disorder, also known as winter depression, is an affective, or mood, disorder. Most SAD sufferers experience normal mental health throughout most of the year, but experience depressive symptoms in the winter or summer. The condition in the summer is often referred to as Reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder.
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