RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Management of seasonal affective disorder
JF Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
JO Drug Ther Bull
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 128
OP 132
DO 10.1136/dtb.2009.10.0047
VO 47
IS 11
YR 2009
UL http://dtb.bmj.com/content/47/11/128.abstract
AB 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.