Holiday Break Episode 3: What we know about Pediatric Seasonal Affective Disorder

Release date: January 9, 2022

In this third mini Holiday Break episode, I look at the research on Pediatric Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). I present its definition, describe its prevalence, explore why we should care, and describe treatment options. Links to the research I cite are below. Full-length Talking About Kids episodes will return later in this new year.

Links

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/seasonal-affective-disorder#:~:text=Seasonal%20affective%20disorder*%20is%20a,Depressive%20Disorder%20with%20Seasonal%20Pattern.

Rates of seasonal affective disorder in children and adolescents

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1996-17310-001

Declarative Memory Impairment and Emotional Bias in Recurrent Depression with a Seasonal Pattern: The Interplay between Emotion and Cognition in Seasonal Affective Disorder

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/10/1352

Case Series: Pediatric Seasonal Affective Disorder. A Follow-up Report

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0890856709638831

A Controlled Trial of Light Therapy for the Treatment of Pediatric Seasonal Affective Disorder

http://www.ederma.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/A-Controlled-Trial-of-Light-Therapy-for-the-Treatment-of-Pediatric-Seasonal.pdf