Author Archives: Stephen Hardy

Winter mood disorder can become a serious dread for people who live in the northern states. From late fall to early winter, the days become shorter and the amount of available sunlight diminishes. Although the cause of the condition, better known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is not completely understood, it appears to have a correlation with diminished sunlight exposure, and those individuals susceptible to SAD are adversely affected by this lack of sunlight. The symptoms of SAD go well beyond simple winter depression or holiday stress. Continue reading →