TY - JOUR T1 - Management of seasonal affective disorder JF - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin JO - Drug Ther Bull SP - 128 LP - 132 DO - 10.1136/dtb.2009.10.0047 VL - 47 IS - 11 A2 - , Y1 - 2009/11/01 UR - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/47/11/128.abstract N2 - Low mood associated with a certain season (usually winter) is very common. For example, in the UK, up to 6% of adults have “recurrent major depressive episodes with seasonal pattern”, commonly known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD).1 2 3 People with SAD consult in primary care more often than age- and gender-matched control groups; patients also receive more prescriptions and are referred more often to secondary care.4 Around 6–35% of patients require hospitalisation for SAD at some point.5 Here we discuss the management of adults with SAD, and in particular light therapy. ER -