As Summer Ends Not All Depression is SAD

There is more to Seasonal Affective Disorder than feeling down with the passing of the seasons. Patients must generally show symptoms of being affected by low winter light levels for 3 years in a row before a diagnosis is made. As the Times Online states in answer to a reader query

“Most of us enjoy summer more than winter and regret its passing. There are good reasons why domestic quarrels reach their peak at the end of August, after the summer holidays, and during the Christmas break. These have little to do with changes to sunlight but quite a lot to do with the passing of the seasons and the way in which the sparkle may go out of people’s lives once morning and evenings are wet and dark.”

Seasonal changes can leave you feeling so Sad - Health - Times Online

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