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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Is A

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that occurs at the same time each year, usually in winter, and is characterized by symptoms like oversleeping, low energy, and overeating. While initially skeptical, SAD is now recognized as a common disorder, especially in northern states, affecting up to 10% of people in Alaska. It was formally identified and named in 1984, and in diagnostic manuals is now classified as a specifier for recurrent major depressive disorder that fully remits at other times of the year.

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Is A

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that occurs at the same time each year, usually in winter, and is characterized by symptoms like oversleeping, low energy, and overeating. While initially skeptical, SAD is now recognized as a common disorder, especially in northern states, affecting up to 10% of people in Alaska. It was formally identified and named in 1984, and in diagnostic manuals is now classified as a specifier for recurrent major depressive disorder that fully remits at other times of the year.

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Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a mood disorder subset in which people who have normal

mental health throughout most of the year exhibit depressive symptoms at the same time each
year, most commonly in winter.[1][2] Common symptoms include sleeping too much, having little to
no energy, and overeating.[3] The condition in the summer can include heightened anxiety.[4]
In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV and DSM-5, its status was
changed. It is no longer classified as a unique mood disorder but is now a specifier, called "with
seasonal pattern", for recurrent major depressive disorder that occurs at a specific time of the
year and fully remits otherwise. [5] Although experts were initially skeptical, this condition is now
recognized as a common disorder. [6]
SAD in the United States affects from 1.4% in Florida to 9.9% in Alaska.[7] SAD was formally
described and named in 1984 by Norman E. Rosenthal and colleagues at the National Institute of
Mental Health.[8][9]

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