Seasonal Affective Disorder. Practice and Research

About this Book

• The only book on this topic to address both clinical and research work, as well as highlighting the potential for future development
• Takes an interdisciplinary approach, making it suitable for a wide range of professionals and health-care settings
• Substantially updated from the first edition, including many new chapters

New to this edition

• Includes 14 new chapters (80% new material), on topics including self-care, weight gain and obesity; psychological and biological traits; the biological and medical relevance of circadian and metabolic cycles; and circadian rhythms and mood regulation

85 in 100 feel that they are at their best in summer and worst in winter, 40 in 100 have winter blues, and 1 in 100 has winter depression. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), or winter depression, is a mood disorder related to the change in the seasons and lack of exposure to daylight. SAD is a rare example of a psychiatric disorder with a clear, identifiable biological cause.
The new edition of this award winning book brings together distinguished scientists and opinion leaders to discuss the current and anticipated developments in the study and care of SAD. Highlighting clinical diagnosis and management, this book provides a valuable resource for all whom are involved in the treatment for patients with SAD. It elucidates potential areas of research that have emerged, such as the study of the circadian pacemaker and night-time sleep structure, and how their interaction influences mood. This book helps to inform and update practice, and it is suitable for a wide range of professionals and health care settings. Readership: Psychiatrists, neurologists, clinical psychologists, nurses and other team members working in mental health care. All professionals, whether clinicians or researchers, in the field of medicine and neuroscience. Anyone who is curious enough to ask what effect the seasons, light and circadian clock have on sleep, mood and wellbeing.

Readership: Psychiatrists, neurologists, clinical psychologists, nurses and other team members working in mental health care. All professionals, whether clinicians or researchers, in the field of medicine and neuroscience. Anyone who is curious enough to ask what effect the seasons, light and circadian clock have on sleep, mood and wellbeing.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Biology Section I: Biological ClockworK
1: Saurabh Sahar and Paolo Sassone-Corsi: Circadian clocks and their molecular organization
2: Jens Hannibal: Input pathways to the biological clock
3: Hideki Ukai and Hiroki R. Ueda: Systems biology for elucidation of the effect of light on the circadian clocks
4: Zheng Chen, Benjamin P. Tu and Steven L. McKnight: Biological and medical relevance of circadian and metabolic cycles
Section II: Perspectives
5: Shibani Mukherjee and Colleen A. McClung: Circadian rhythms and mood regulation
6: Alfred J. Lewy, Jonathan S. Emens, Jeannie B. Songer, Amber L. Laurie, Neelam Sims, Steven C. Fiala and Allie L. Buti: The phase shift hypothesis and the bio-psycho-social-environmental model
7: Timo Partonen Section III: Etiology and pathogenesis of seasonal affective disorder: Circadian systems biology in seasonal affective disorder
Section III: Etiology and pathogenesis of seasonal affective disorder
8: Dan A. Oren and Paul H. Desan: Light and non-visual photoreception
9: Marc Hébert: Photoperiods
10: Gregory M. Brown, Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal, Ilya Trakht and Daniel P. Cardinali: The role of melatonin in seasonal affective disorder
11: Philip Saleh, Jianhua Shen and Colin M. Shapiro: Sleep changes in seasonal affective disorder
12: Robert D. Levitan: Weight gain and obesity in seasonal affective disorder: adaptations from our past?
13: Michael A. Young and Bonnie J. Yap: Psychological and biological traits in seasonal affective disorder and seasonality

Part 2: Clinical Science Section I: Global epidemiology of seasonal affective disorder
14: Andres Magnusson and Timo Partonen: History
15: Andres Magnusson and Timo Partonen: Prevalence
16: Timo Partonen and Andres Magnusson: Northern exposure
Section II: Pratice
17: Timo Partonen and Norman E. Rosenthal: Diagnostic assessment
18: Michael Terman, Janet B. W. Williams and Thomas M. White: Assessment instruments
Section III: Treatment of seasonal affective disorder
19: Timo Partonen, Liisa Halonen and Marjukka Eloholma: Light exposure
20: Dietmar Winkler, Edda Pjrek, Anastasios Konstantinidis and Siegfried Kasper: Drug treatment of seasonal affective disorder
21: Kelly J. Rohan, Yael I. Nillni and Kathryn A. Roecklein: Psychotherapy
Section IV: Management
22: Timo Partonen and Andres Magnusson: Practice guidelines
23: Sharon Grimaldi and Timo Partonen: Self-care options
24: Timo Partonen: The habitat

Reviews

"This is a worthy contribution to the field and serves as a timely revision of an overview of the prodigious research in this area which ensued after the original was published." - M. Isabel L. Crisostomo, MD Rush University Medical Center

Author Information

Edited by Timo Partonen, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Chief Physician, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland, and S. R. Pandi-Perumal, President and Chief Executive Officer, Somnogen Inc, New York.