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Shedding Light on Seasonal Depression

Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/03/2007 - 20:03.
SUMMARY
Every winter, when the days get shorter, people with seasonal affective disorder, also known as SAD, experience depression. Learn how light can help chase away the winter blues.
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PARTICIPANTS
Michael Terman, PhD
Professor of Clinical Psychology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY
ANNOUNCER: There's a chill in the air; leaves are falling off trees and daylight is getting shorter. And then it is winter. For some, this seasonal change is a time of joy, but for people with seasonal affective disorder or SAD, 'tis the season for depression.

MICHAEL TERMAN, PhD: It usually starts off with feelings of fatigue, difficulty getting up in the morning, a big afternoon slump, and then a taste for carbohydrate-rich foods. Coupled with that fatigue and the carbohydrate-rich food that's a formula for weight gain.

One of the classic symptoms is what we call hypersomnia, significantly longer sleep than you sleep in the summer. ...........continued

To view the entire discussion please go to:

http://www.healthology.com/webcast_transcript.asp?f=mentalhealth&c=mental_sad&spg=NWL&b=healthology

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