Psychology & Psychiatry
'SAD season': Depression risks rise as days get shorter
As the daylight hours shrink, people's moods can wind up in the tank.
Nov 7, 2022
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Seasonal Affective Disorder
Psychology & Psychiatry
Combating seasonal depression during a pandemic
Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, as the name implies, comes and goes with seasons. Though it is possible to experience SAD twice a year, we tend to see this disorder at its height starting in late fall and lasting until ...
Nov 30, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Seasonal variation in daylight influences brain function
Seasons have an impact on our emotions and social life. Negative emotions are more subdued in the summer, whereas seasonal affective disorder rates peak during the darker winter months. Opioids regulate both mood and sociability ...
Feb 23, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Experiencing winter blues? Here's why mental health worsens in January and how to manage
For many of us, the start to the new year offers a clean slate from our grueling end-of-year holiday schedules, providing us with an opportunity to reset and create resolutions.
Jan 24, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Chemotherapy timing could influence how well the treatment works
Most living organisms – animals, plants, fungi, and even some types of bacteria – have an internal clock, a circadian clock that orchestrates the biochemical, physiological and behavioral functions in each cell according ...
May 10, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Shorter days triggering seasonal affective disorder
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression triggered by shorter days and reduced light.
Nov 8, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Hidden variable gives people another tool to manage major depressive disorders
Sandra Rosenthal, Jack and Pamela Egan Professor of Chemistry and professor of pharmacology and chemical and biomolecular engineering, and collaborators have proposed that the seasonal rate of change in daylight has the greatest ...
Jun 3, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Seasonal depression: Small things you can do every day to cope
Many of us tend to feel sad or not like our usual self as autumn and winter approach. But for some, these feelings persist until spring arrives.
Oct 25, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychologist explains how to improve the holiday blues
According to the song, it's the most wonderful time of the year. But for many, it's the time of year filled with added pressures, demands, and unrealistic expectations that leave them feeling decidedly less than wonderful.
Dec 17, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
No evidence of seasonal differences in depressive symptoms
A large-scale survey of U.S. adults provides no evidence that levels of depressive symptoms vary from season to season, according to new research published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for ...
Jan 20, 2016
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