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    Seasonal Afect

    Disorder

    Supervised by : Dr Araz
    prepared by :
    Kani khalid - ruwayda jalal - shanyar othman - rozhan salih
    Outline

    • What is SAD ?
    • What are the creteria and how we can diagnose the SAD ?
    What is SAD ?
    • Everyone goes through periods of deep sadness and grief. These feelings
    usually fade away within a few days or weeks, depending on the
    circumstances. However, intense sadness that lasts more than 2 weeks and
    affects your ability to function may be a sign of depression.
    What is SAD ?
    • Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that's related to
    changes in seasons — SAD begins and ends at about the same times every
    year. most people with SAD, symptoms are start in the fall and continue
    into the winter months, sapping your energy and making you feel moody.
    These symptoms often resolve during the spring and summer months. Less
    often, SAD causes depression in the spring or early summer and resolves
    during the fall or winter months.
    What is SAD ?
    • SAD is not simply a case of the winter blues, a condition that is more
    mild and common. SAD symptoms are severe enough to make it
    difficult to function in social, work and home environments.
    • People who live in the northern half of the U. S., where daylight hours
    are shorter and there is less sunlight, are more at risk for SAD. It's
    estimated that about 1 in 20 people in the northern half of the U.S.
    could have symptoms suggestive of SAD. While a person is not born
    with SAD, it's believed to run in families. It's more common in women,
    as are all depressive disorders.
    What are the criteria of SAD ?
    • SAD can be difficult to diagnose because there are many other types of
    depression that have similar symptoms.
    • A diagnosis of SAD can usually be confirmed if:
    1. your depression occurs at a similar time each year for at least 2 years
    2. the periods of depression are followed by periods without depression.
    Symptoms

    In most cases, seasonal affective disorder symptoms appear during late fall or early
    winter and go away during the sunnier days of spring and summer. Less commonly,
    people with the opposite pattern have symptoms that begin in spring or summer. In
    either case, symptoms may start out mild and become more severe as the season
    .progresses

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