TY - JOUR
T1 - Seasonal Affective Disorder
T2 - A Description of the Syndrome and Preliminary Findings With Light Therapy
AU - Rosenthal, Norman E.
AU - Sack, David A.
AU - Gillin, J. Christian
AU - Lewy, Alfred J.
AU - Goodwin, Frederick K.
AU - Davenport, Yolande
AU - Mueller, Peter S.
AU - Newsome, David A.
AU - Wehr, Thomas A.
PY - 1984/1
Y1 - 1984/1
N2 - Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a syndrome characterized by recurrent depressions that occur annually at the same time each year. We describe 29 patients with SAD; most of them had a bipolar affective disorder, especially bipolar II, and their depressions were generally characterized by hypersomnia, overeating, and carbohydrate craving and seemed to respond to changes in climate and latitude. Sleep recordings in nine depressed patients confirmed the presence of hypersomnia and showed increased sleep latency and reduced slow-wave (delta) sleep. Preliminary studies in 11 patients suggest that extending the photoperiod with bright artificial light has an antidepressant effect.
AB - Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a syndrome characterized by recurrent depressions that occur annually at the same time each year. We describe 29 patients with SAD; most of them had a bipolar affective disorder, especially bipolar II, and their depressions were generally characterized by hypersomnia, overeating, and carbohydrate craving and seemed to respond to changes in climate and latitude. Sleep recordings in nine depressed patients confirmed the presence of hypersomnia and showed increased sleep latency and reduced slow-wave (delta) sleep. Preliminary studies in 11 patients suggest that extending the photoperiod with bright artificial light has an antidepressant effect.
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U2 - 10.1001/archpsyc.1984.01790120076010
DO - 10.1001/archpsyc.1984.01790120076010
M3 - Article
C2 - 6581756
AN - SCOPUS:0021346858
SN - 0003-990X
VL - 41
SP - 72
EP - 80
JO - Archives of General Psychiatry
JF - Archives of General Psychiatry
IS - 1
ER -