Do you suffer from any of the following: When the dark days of a cold winter approach, do you feel slowed down. Do you have trouble waking up during the winter months? Are you tempted to snack a lot more on holiday foods, and even if you try dieting you still find the pounds keep on piling on? Or do you find it hard to focus throughout your day, struggling with relationships, or really depressed?
If you are victim to one of, or many of these questions, you might be one of millions of people with the disorder Seasonal Affective Disorder, (SAD for short). One of the more interesting facts is that 5 percent of the northern U.S. and European population would be diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder, mostly attributing with the changing …show more content…
There are many different researches out there, and I intend to cover the most basic ideas, and theories behind this northern phenomenon. Whether you are reading this as a person well acquainted with the topic, or are just starting to explore SAD. Your need for information should not change. You probably have heard of this disorder before, however under a different name, Winter Blues. Cases of SAD have been documented for hundreds of years in psychiatric literature, and the use of light has been used to treat depression was concluded even during the ancient times, the description of the syndrome and the subsequential use of light therapy to treat it occurred as recently as the 1980 's, when the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) defined it. The findings include several prominent individuals in the field of psychology, each with an important contribution to the …show more content…
All different kinds of people, the hundreds of patients that psychologist see every day come from all walk of life, however the strange fact of most of them being woman baffles the researchers. SAD most commonly found in woman, with women being nearly four times as likely to suffer from this disorder, particularly during premenopausal years. SAD rates have seemly declined as the person ages, with older men and women equally likely to suffer it. Older children, also are susceptible to SAD.
In a study done by Byrne and Brianard, they examined both parents and children’s reporting having seasonal depression in children six to eighteen years of age, there was very little evidence proving seasonally caused symptoms of depression in children ages six to fifteen, However when compared to the sixteen to eighteen year olds the parents reported a significantly higher depression than the six to fifteen year-olds. Nevertheless only when the study was done during the autumn and winter, the evidence is conclusive enough to come to this
If you are victim to one of, or many of these questions, you might be one of millions of people with the disorder Seasonal Affective Disorder, (SAD for short). One of the more interesting facts is that 5 percent of the northern U.S. and European population would be diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder, mostly attributing with the changing …show more content…
There are many different researches out there, and I intend to cover the most basic ideas, and theories behind this northern phenomenon. Whether you are reading this as a person well acquainted with the topic, or are just starting to explore SAD. Your need for information should not change. You probably have heard of this disorder before, however under a different name, Winter Blues. Cases of SAD have been documented for hundreds of years in psychiatric literature, and the use of light has been used to treat depression was concluded even during the ancient times, the description of the syndrome and the subsequential use of light therapy to treat it occurred as recently as the 1980 's, when the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) defined it. The findings include several prominent individuals in the field of psychology, each with an important contribution to the …show more content…
All different kinds of people, the hundreds of patients that psychologist see every day come from all walk of life, however the strange fact of most of them being woman baffles the researchers. SAD most commonly found in woman, with women being nearly four times as likely to suffer from this disorder, particularly during premenopausal years. SAD rates have seemly declined as the person ages, with older men and women equally likely to suffer it. Older children, also are susceptible to SAD.
In a study done by Byrne and Brianard, they examined both parents and children’s reporting having seasonal depression in children six to eighteen years of age, there was very little evidence proving seasonally caused symptoms of depression in children ages six to fifteen, However when compared to the sixteen to eighteen year olds the parents reported a significantly higher depression than the six to fifteen year-olds. Nevertheless only when the study was done during the autumn and winter, the evidence is conclusive enough to come to this