Seasonal Affective Disorder

The Best SAD Lamps to Use at the Office

Compact and Portable SAD Light Boxes for Work With so many SAD light box models available, how can the office worker select the best SAD lamp to take to work? Light withdrawal is common in the winter months when the office...

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Manic coughing Tuesday

Despite my tubby exterior, I succumbed to the seasonal flu over the weekend. Attempts to self-medicate with Zyrtec-D and Strepsils Dual-action have been futile, the flu like the flood in 2012, maintained its course towards...

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Mind & Meaning: Tis the season to feel sad

It's November again and the time of year when some people will begin to feel blue, sad and melancholic. For most this will be in response to the closing in of daylight, the looming, protracted darkness and the knowledge that...

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National Survivors of Suicide Day helps those who have lost loved ones

On National Survivors of Suicide Day, friends and family of people who have taken their own lives attended support groups in 240 cities. In Washington, groups organized by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)...

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Dr. Jennifer Greenfield Discusses Seasonal Affective Disorder

Center for Chiropractic Wellness (www.carolinachirowellness.com), a chiropractic center with offices in North Raleigh and Cary, has announced that partner Dr. Jennifer Greenfield will speak at the Beating the Winter Blues event...

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Let There Be Light in Depression, Bipolar Illness [Clinical & Research News]

Researchers in the United States and Canada are investigating whether the type of light therapy used to treat seasonal affective disorder could be effective in treating major depression and bipolar disorder. Level 1 evidence...

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Afraid of Winter Depression? Go Mediterranean

clipped by: kkcapricorn clipper's remarks: The role of the overall dietary pattern may be more important than the effect of single components. It is plausible that the synergistic combination of a sufficient provision of...

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Christmas Blues and Divorce Depression in Winter

Try Helping Children, Letting Go, Relaxing, Light Therapy, Seeing MD Divorced parents can get Christmas blues along with divorce depression. SAD may also play a role. Try concentrating on one's kids, letting go, relaxing &...

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Days get darker, more depressed

Students have not only had to adjust to academic changes, but seasonal changes as well. Seasonal Affective Disorder, also known as SAD, affects people around campus more than we think. "SAD is associated with shorter days and...

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Sunrise alarm clocks may help us wake with energy during the dark winter months

Sunrise alarm clocks may help us wake with energy during the dark winter months 11:40 a.m. on 18th November 2009 This Autumn I wrote about Seasonal Affective Disorder and light therapy. This dawn awakening seems to be important...

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