Is bright light therapy effective for improving depressive symptoms in adults with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

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Author	Laskoski, Janine
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	In 1984, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) , now a wellrecognized form of recurrent depressive disorder characterized by depressive symptoms that occur in a distinct, predictable, seasonal nature, was first described by a group of researchers at the National Institutes for Mental Health (1). Symptoms include depressed mood, loss of energy, carbohydrate cravings, hypersomnia, hyperphagia and weight gain in addition to significant impairment in social and/or occupational functioning (1, 2). The most common type is winter type with onset of symptoms in the fall-winter will full remission of symptoms in the springsummer (with occasional switch to hypomania-mania). Summer type SAD is much less common than winter type with symptom onset in spring-summer with full remission in the fall-winter (3). Specific DSM classification will be discussed in further detail in the background section. Onset is typically in the third and fourth decades of life and the course of the disorder varies with each individual (4).
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DOI	10.5580/1907
Volume Number	7
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Language	English
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