Seasonal affective disorder
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Social Studies Subject:
Psychology
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7,8,9,10,11,12


SADSeasonal affective disorder
Symptoms:irritability, depression, oversleeping or insomnia, gaining weight or loseing weight, anxiety, problems getting along with others.Prevenative Teatment: light therapy(phototherapy), psychotherapy, medicatons. Research is being done on light therapy at integrative and holisitc medicine center in New York City.
A drop in serotonin triggers the depression. Unblanced melatonin plays a role with sleep patterns and mood. Reduced sunlight and change in season cause these. The pineal gland with causes this.
Normally people get symptoms at a younger age in their twenties. There aren't really levels to this disease you either have slight symptoms or severe ones.
4-6% of people get it... But strangly more females then males get it. If you have it then more then likly someone in your family had it before you.
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