Am J Psychiatry 1988; 145:100-102
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Comparison of seasonal and nonseasonal affective disorders

MJ Garvey, R Wesner and M Godes
Department of Psychiatry, VA Medical Center, Iowa City, IA 52240.

Eighteen patients with seasonal affective disorder were compared to 13 patients with recurrent nonseasonal depressions. Seasonal depressions were associated with hypersomnia and carbohydrate craving, and there was a trend for a younger age at onset of seasonal affective disorder.

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