Got the ‘Holiday Blues?’ If so, You Are Not Alone.

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Tis the Season … But ‘Happy Holidays’ Does Not Ring True for Everyone.

According to information from the Cleveland Clinic, “approximately one half million of the U.S. population suffers from winter SAD, while 10 to 20 percent may suffer from a more mild form of winter blues.“

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is defined as “major depressive disorder with seasonal pattern.’‘Winter’ or ‘Holiday blues,’ are less severe forms of seasonal mood disorder. Holiday Blues Defined – “Feelings of sadness, loneliness, depression and anxiety in and around the holidays, caused by loss of family and loved ones through divorce or distance from the childhood home or place where the holidays were most enjoyed in years past.”

Types of Depression –

• Major Depression.
• Persistent Depressive Disorder.
• Bipolar Disorder.
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Psychotic Depression.
• Peripartum (Postpartum) Depression.
• Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)