According to a study published in the Journal of affective disorders, women are much more likely than men to experience seasonal changes in mood, with these symptoms of seasonal depression peaking during the winter months.
the seasonal affective disorder(SAD, also called seasonal depression) occurs gradually in late fall and most often goes away in early spring. The main symptoms of this form of depression are a feeling of worthlessness, a lack of energy, fatigue and a lack of interest in usually pleasant activities (or anhedonia).
To better understand SAD, researchers at the University of Glasgow studied health data from 150,000 adults and looked at the depressive symptoms of these participants by relating depressive symptoms to length of days and how long. average outside temperatures.
They found that symptoms of depression, fatigue, and anhedonia were stronger in winter in women. What if depression and anhedonia diminished as
the days are getting longer, fatigue seems to persist.
According to Dr. Daniel Smith, lead author of the study, these findings provide additional evidence that women may be more prone to the seasonal form of depression than men.
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