In a recent video, that has now gone viral, Dr Daniel Amen, an American psychiatrist and brain disorder specialist, talks about 바카라holiday depression바카라 that starts with the sun going down. 바카라When you have an hour-less sun, depression spikes.바카라
Despite all the celebrations and festive fervour that come along with winter, the season can be a massive mood killer. Temperatures drop and reduced sunlight can affect mood changes and behavioural patterns making it increasingly difficult for one to survive the cold, winter blues. And in the books of psychology, this condition is called 바카라seasonal affected disorder바카라 (SAD) or 바카라seasonal mood disorder바카라.
바카라If we go by the literature, particularly in the winter season, people, who are vulnerable to mental health disorders and have been diagnosed with clinical depression, experience increased bouts of depression. This has been traditionally called seasonal depression and one of the major triggers of it is low sunlight during these two to three months,바카라 says Dr Basudeb Das, Professor of Psychiatry, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi.
Often tagged as 바카라winter blues바카라, SAD is more than that. It is a clinical diagnosis and aggravates mood changes for those who are otherwise battling a serious depressive state of mind.
Speaking to Outlook India, Dr Das points out that there are a few fine-drawn differences between depression and SAD. 바카라In SAD, people exhibit and experience more of a few atypical features. In depression, people report to have a loss of appetite and decreased sleep and libido. But in cases of SAD, it바카라s more of a reversal of symptoms, where they experience increased libido, appetite, and sleep," says Das.
Mood changes during SAD can also lead to other disorders like mood reactivity and rejection sensitivity, wherein a person may feel extreme emotional pain related to rejection and the condition is heightened due to a winter season change. 바카라These are the features of atypical depression which is largely associated with SAD,바카라 Dr Das adds.
There are several factors that may lead to SAD in a non-depressive state of mind, In his video, Dr Amen talks about how the 바카라festive seasons바카라 often lead to an eating disorder where excess consumption of 바카라candies and sugar바카라 spikes 바카라inflammation in the brain that creates more risk of depression바카라. Further, with increased intake of alcohol, there is a risk of aggravating the condition of chronic stress and anxiety바카라.
As means of treatment, doctors often resort to 바카라light therapy바카라.
바카라Patients are exposed to a particular kind of light with a particular level of illumination for a particular amount of time of the day. This has been found useful besides the usual treatments and recommendations to fight a depressive state of mind,바카라 Dr Das says.
The symptoms of that atypical depression also reportedly fade away and the condition improves with the setting of the winter season. But, Dr Das reports that in many cases, the patterns keep repeating irrespective of seasonal change. And it happens more with women and young adults.
However, due to a lack of research and awareness around mental health in India, doctors are unable to determine the severity of SAD in the country with any data and statistics. 바카라Except for a few institutions, there has not been any study conducted to understand how climatic changes affect mental health disorders in India. To understand the subject better, there have to be multi-centric studies across the country to see who are the more vulnerable people.바카라
