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• Seasonal Affective Disorder
  The syndrome of seasonal affective disorder is a condition where depressions in fall and winter alternate with nondepressed periods in the spring and summer
• Free thyroxine and thyroid-stimulating hormone levels in patients with seasonal affective disorder and matched controls
  Seasonal affective disorder - episodes of depression in the fall and winter that alternate with nondepressed periods in the spring and summer
• Association between seasonal affective disorder and the 5-HT2A promoter polymorphism, -1438G/A
  Genes involved in serotonin metabolism are good candidates for the pathogenesis of seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
• A model for self-treatment of four sub-types of symptomatic 'depression' using non-prescription agents: neuroticism (anxiety and emotional instability); malaise (fatigue and painful symptoms); demotivation (anhedonia) and seasonal affective disorder 'SAD'
  a model for how 'depression' can be divided into four self-diagnosed sub-types or causes which might then be self-treated using agents available without prescription
• Early response to light therapy partially predicts long-term antidepressant effects in patients with seasonal affective disorder.
  Improvement of atypical depressive symptoms after 1 hour of light therapy positively correlated with improvement after 2 weeks of therapy
• Somatic therapies for seasonal affective disorder.
  The syndrome of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is defined as a history of major depressive episodes that recur regularly at a particular time of year, typically fall or winter, and completely remit in the spring
• The prevalence of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) in Greenland is related to latitude.
  The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of seasonal affective disorder in Greenlanders and Danes living at four different latitudes in Greenland
• Seasonal affective disorder. A description of the syndrome and preliminary findings with light therapy.
  We describe 29 patients with SAD; most of them had a bipolar affective disorder, and their depressions were generally characterized by hypersomnia, overeating, and carbohydrate craving and seemed to respond to changes in climate and latitude
• A circadian signal of change of season in patients with seasonal affective disorder
  Patients and volunteers responded differently to change of season. In patients, the duration of the nocturnal period of active melatonin secretion was longer in winter than in summer
• The chronobiology and neurobiology of winter seasonal affective disorder
  SAD is a complex disorder resulting from the interaction of several factors, genetic mechanisms that underlie them, and the physical environment
• A birth-season/DRD4 gene interaction predicts weight gain and obesity in women with seasonal affective disorder: A seasonal thrifty phenotype hypothesis
  association between the hypofunctional 7-repeat allele (7R) of the dopamine-4 receptor gene (DRD4), weight gain, and obesity in women with seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
• The Can-SAD study: a randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of light therapy and fluoxetine in patients with winter seasonal affective disorder
  Light therapy and antidepressants have shown comparable efficacy in separate studies of SAD treatment, but few studies have compared the two treatments
• Controlled trial of naturalistic dawn simulation and negative air ionization for seasonal affective disorder
  nonpharmaceutical treatments for winter depression-naturalistic dawn simulation and high-density negative air ionization-delivered during the final hours of sleep
• Alcohol Misuse and Seasonal Changes in Mood and Behavior
  Seasonal affective disorder is a condition where depressions in fall and winter alternate with nondepressed periods in the spring and summer