"Ridding Winter Blues and Regaining Your Groove"
Everyone feels a little melancholy this time of the year. The days are short and cold. The economy is shaky. For some people, the change to winter brings with it something more serious than the blues: seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a form of depression that can be debilitating.
Medically speaking, the blues are known as winter-onset seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a type of depression triggered by the seasons. Mild forms of SAD are believed to affect as many as 20% of people in the United States.
According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, some 500,000 ... Read more... |