Gathering Gloom; As Winter's Dreary Days Set in, Many Feel Like the Color of Those Gray Skies

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Do you feel it in your bones that sunny autumn days are in the distant past and that the long gray winter has begun?

Did you feel a major blow when daylight-saving time ended and made it impossible to leave work before dark?

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Gathering Gloom; As Winter's Dreary Days Set in, Many Feel Like the Color of Those Gray Skies

Many feel the effect of the change of seasons as early as August or September.

They dread the shorter days and coming winter they eat more, sleep more and suffer from a form of depression called seasonal affective disorder, or SAD.

Traditional approaches to treat the disorder include using anti- depressant drugs or light therapy, or a combination.

New research indicates that adding cognitive behavior therapy, or "talk therapy," to the mix might...

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