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Seasonal Mood Disorder
About 15 percent of the population is sensitive to the decreased light that
occurs during fall and winter. Five percent have a clinical syndrome called
seasonal mood disorder or seasonal affective disorder. These individuals often
experience carbohydrate craving during these low-light months, and sometimes
true binges as well as increased sleep of poor quality lower energy, and depressed
mood.
They may be helped by bright light therapy, which reproduces the light of a
mid-summer day for about a half-hour in the morning.
If you think you have seasonal affective disorder, consult your health professional.
Return to the Eating Disorder Program index page.
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