DR DAWN HARPER’S HEALTH SECRETS

We all want to know how to live not only longer but better. This month, Dr Harper takes a look at SAD, and how you can best prepare to tackle its symptoms as winter approaches.

WORDS: DR DAWN HARPER.

Nights will draw in rapidly come October and as the clocks go back, many people will experience the negative symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). It is a disorder that was only really recognised by the medical profession in 1984 when a psychologist named Rosenthal noticed that he was less productive and experienced low moods during the winter after he relocated from South Africa to the United States. Prior to this, the condition had been rather dismissed because it was seen as a transient problem that resolved without intervention. Rosenthal conducted a study and SAD was accepted into the Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders (DSM), giving validation to the millions of sufferers of SAD around the world. Forty years on, we are still learning about SAD, and research…

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