As winter sets in across West Virginia, shorter days and limited sunlight can take a toll on mental health. Doctors say seasonal affective disorder, often called SAD, becomes more common during the ...

February is the shortest month of the year, yet seasonal affective disorder can make it feel like being stuck in a waiting ...

Southwestern Pennsylvania's cold and snowy winter is taking its toll on more than just our roadways and walkways.

The “winter blues” are real. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) affects roughly 5% of U.S. adults, and nearly 4 in 10 people say their mood reliably tanks in winter. Less sunlight, shorter days, and ...

Every winter, millions of Americans go through something more than just the “winter blues.” Some people who have been down as ...

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is more than the “winter blues.” It’s a real mood disorder linked to reduced light exposure that can disrupt your sleep, energy, and internal clock. Bright light ...

Seasonal affective disorder is a kind of depression related to changes in season, most often fall and winter. It can cause people to have less energy and to become moody. Treatment can include light ...

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Some people might have looked forward to the extra hour of sleep after daylight saving time ended recently, but for millions of people, the shorter days and longer nights are another reminder about ...

As someone already biologically destined for a lifetime of depression, even as a young child I felt the symptoms of seasonal affective disorder set in as summer closed and darkness descended on the ...

Affective temperaments refer to enduring, subclinical traits that underlie an individual’s predisposition to mood fluctuations and, ultimately, full-blown mood disorders. The concept, which has ...