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What are symptoms of seasonal affective disorder?

Diagnosing Seasonal Affective Disorder

To be diagnosed with the seasonal pattern of major depression (the clinical diagnosis of SAD), a person must have experienced depression and other symptoms in at least two consecutive winters, followed by non-depressed periods in the spring and summer.

If you've been feeling down, you may not have full blown SAD, but a milder form of the winter blues. Next week we'll learn more about the winter blues.

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