Article
[Diagnostic features, epidemiology, and pathophysiology of seasonal affective disorder].
Psychiatria Hungarica : A Magyar Pszichiatriai Tarsasag tudomanyos folyoirata - 1 Jan 2010
Molnár Eszter, Gonda Xénia, Rihmer Zoltán, Bagdy György
Abstract excerpt
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is characterized by patterns of major depressive episodes that occur and remit with the change of seasons. Two seasonal patterns have been identified: summer-type depression with typical depressive signs and symptoms, and winter-type depression with atypical features of depression. In the subsyndromal form of SAD (S-SAD) symptoms are milder, although vegetative symptoms are...
Topics
- Age Distribution
- Circadian Rhythm
- Europe
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Global Health
- Humans
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
- Sex Distribution
- United States
