Seasonal affective disorder

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) be a mood disorder subset insyd wich people wey typically get normal mental health thru out most of de year dey exhibit depressive symptoms at de same time each year.Ivry, Sara (August 13, 2002). Seasonal Depression can Accompany Summer Sun. The New York Times. Retrieved September 6, 2008 E commonly be, buh no always be, associated plus de reductions anaa increases in total daily sunlight hours wey dey occur during de winter anaa summer.

Common symptoms dey include sleeping too much, dem get little to no energy, den overeating. De condition insyd de summer fi include heightened anxiety. However, der be significant differences insyd de duration, severity, den symptoms of each individual ein experience of SAD. For instance, insyd a fifth of patients, de disorder completely dey resolve insyd five to eleven years, whereas for 33–44% of patients, e dey progress into non-seasonal major depression.
Insyd de DSM-IV den DSM-5, na dem change ein status as a standalone condition: e no longer be classified as a unique mood disorder buh now e be a specifier (dem call "plus seasonal pattern") for recurrent major depressive disorder wey dey occur at a specific time of de year den fully dey remit otherwise. Although na experts initially be skeptical, de condition eventually cam be recognized as a common disorder.Friedman, Richard A. (December 18, 2007) Brought on by Darkness, Disorder Needs Light. New York Times. However, na dem call de validity of SAD into question by a 2016 analysis from de Centers for Disease Control, wen na dem find no links between depression, seasonality anaa sunlight exposure.

Insyd de United States, de percentage of de population wey be affected by SAD dey range from 1.4% of de population insyd Florida to 9.9% insyd Alaska.

 References 

 External links 
 Seasonal affective disorder at the US National Institute of Mental Health

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