{"id":1053762,"date":"2013-01-21T13:30:03","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T13:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/neurology\/seasonal-affective-disorder-sad.php"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:54:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:54:45","slug":"seasonal-affective-disorder-sad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/seasonal-affective-disorder-sad.php","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/b32904d33c_180px-Aubrey-snow.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/b32904d33c_180px-Aubrey-snow.JPG\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><b>What is seasonal affective disorder?<\/b><\/p><p>Seasonal affective disorder is a combination of biologic and mood disturbances with a seasonal pattern. It typically occurs in the autumn (fall) and winter, with remission in the spring or summer. <\/p><p><b>How common is seasonal affective disorder?<\/b><\/p><p>5% of the U.S. population experiences seasonal affective disorder. Because the symptoms are seasonal, they are present for 40% of the year. Although the condition is seasonally limited, patients may have associated depression which would last longer.<\/p><p><b>What is the treatment for seasonal affective disorder?<\/b><\/p><p>Light therapy is well tolerated. Most patients improve within 1-2 weeks. To avoid relapse, light therapy should continue through the end of the winter season until spontaneous remission of symptoms in the spring or summer.<\/p><p>Antidepressant medications and cognitive behavior therapy are as effective as light therapy.<\/p><p><b>How to prevent seasonal affective disorder?<\/b><\/p><p>Light treatment may be used as prophylaxis before the subsequent autumn and winter seasons. <\/p><p>There are many devices available on Amazon, for example:<\/p><p>References:<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23198671?dopt=Abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seasonal affective disorder<\/a>. Kurlansik SL, Ibay AD. Am Family Physician, Dec 2012.<br>Image sources: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Aubrey_snow.JPG\">Record breaking snowfall March 2008 at Aubrey, Texas<\/a>, Wikipedia, public domain<\/p><div><p>Posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/casesblog.blogspot.com\/\">Clinical Cases and Images<\/a>. 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