The “winter blues” are real. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) affects roughly 5% of U.S. adults, and nearly 4 in 10 people say their mood reliably tanks in winter. Less sunlight, shorter days, and ...

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As someone already biologically destined for a lifetime of depression, even as a young child I felt the symptoms of seasonal affective disorder set in as summer closed and darkness descended on the ...

Less sunlight, colder days, longer nights and less time outdoors all can have an impact on your mental well-being, experts say. In these later months of the year and especially as we get deeper into ...

Some people might have looked forward to the extra hour of sleep after daylight saving time ended recently, but for millions of people, the shorter days and longer nights are another reminder about ...

Though some people enjoy the changing leaves and cooling temperatures that fall brings, others begin to feel mental health effects as the days get shorter leading up to December's winter solstice.