Seasonal Affective Disorder

"Seasonal Affective Disorder" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A syndrome characterized by depressions that recur annually at the same time each year, usually during the winter months. Other symptoms include anxiety, irritability, decreased energy, increased appetite (carbohydrate cravings), increased duration of sleep, and weight gain. SAD (seasonal affective disorder) can be treated by daily exposure to bright artificial lights (PHOTOTHERAPY), during the season of recurrence.

Descriptor ID

D016574

MeSH Number(s)

F03.600.300.700

Concept/Terms

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Seasonal Affective Disorder".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Mental Disorders [F03]
Mood Disorders [F03.600]
Depressive Disorder [F03.600.300]
Seasonal Affective Disorder [F03.600.300.700]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Seasonal Affective Disorder" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Seasonal Affective Disorder" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 28 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 1997

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	4	0	4
1995	2	0	2
1996	1	0	1
1997	5	0	5
1998	3	0	3
1999	1	0	1
2002	2	1	3
2004	1	0	1
2007	1	0	1
2009	3	0	3
2010	0	1	1
2012	1	0	1
2015	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Seasonal Affective Disorder" by people in Profiles.

An Examination of Horace Wells' Life as a Manifestation of Major Depressive and Seasonal Affective Disorders. J Anesth Hist. 2016 01; 2(1):22-7.

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The psychiatry of light. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2015 May-Jun; 23(3):188-94.

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Vitamin D supplementation for treatment of seasonal affective symptoms in healthcare professionals: a double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial. BMC Res Notes. 2014 Aug 14; 7:528.

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Bright light therapy for depression: a review of its effects on chronobiology and the autonomic nervous system. Chronobiol Int. 2014 Apr; 31(3):305-19.

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Ask the doctor. I suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and want to try using a light box. Should I be concerned about damage to my eyes? Harv Womens Health Watch. 2012 Oct; 20(2):2.

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Informing the symptom profile of complicated grief. Depress Anxiety. 2011 Feb; 28(2):118-26.

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Seasonal effects on human striatal presynaptic dopamine synthesis. J Neurosci. 2010 Nov 03; 30(44):14691-4.

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Report of two double-blind randomized placebo-controlled pilot studies of a carbohydrate-rich nutrient mixture for treatment of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). CNS Neurosci Ther. 2010; 16(1):13-24.

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Lux vs. wavelength in light treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2009 Sep; 120(3):203-12.

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On call. My wife gets down in the dumps each January. She thinks it's just because of the holidays have come and gone, but I think it's more than that. Is it depression? Harv Mens Health Watch. 2009 Jan; 13(6):8.

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