•Seasonal
Affective Disorder (SAD) is a mood disorder associated with depression and
related to seasonal variations of light. (Mental Health
America, 2012)
•More
that just “the winter blues” SAD is a depression that occurs each year at the
same time during the winter months and ends with the advent of spring or early
summer. (Cleveland Clinic, 2008)
•SAD
is winter depression, severe enough to meet criteria for clinical depression,
developing for at least two consecutive winters, with full remission of
depression in the spring and summer. (Rosenthal et al.,
1984)
