| View Larger Image | Winter Blues: Seasonal Affective Disorder: What It Is and How to Overcome It | Paperbackby Norman E. Rosenthal (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | The Guilford Press | | Edition: | Revisedth Edition | | Page Count: | 355 Pages | | Publication Date: | October 05, 1998 | | Sales Rank: | 651,457st |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
Completely updating and expanding his immensely popular guide, Norman E. Rosenthal has written a veritable survival kit for anyone who suffers from the winter blues. This authoritative and engaging book presents the very latest information on the many dimensions of SAD, including the newly recognized distinctions between various degrees of the disorder, from "winter blues" to full-blown SAD. The book features revised chapters on antidepressant medications and light therapy, a new chapter on coping with SAD all year round, details on St. John's wort and on a helpful nutritional regimen, a self-test to help readers evaluate their own level of SAD, and a list of SAD resources. Also discussed is the use of light therapy in treating problems whose symptoms mirror those of SAD, including jet lag, sleep disorders, premenstrual syndrome, and the effects of shift work. A concluding chapter illustrates how those with SAD can enjoy even the darkest of seasons. |
Amazon.com Review
When days get shorter and colder, do you get gloomier? Do you have trouble waking up? Controlling your diet? Focusing on work and relationships? If so, you may be one of the millions of people who suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD): changes in mood and behavior due to seasonal changes, such as feeling depressed in winter. Rosenthal, senior researcher at the National Institutes of Health and clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University, led the team that first described SAD. Now in his revised and updated Winter Blues, he describes SAD and how to overcome it. The book includes a self-diagnosis to see how severely seasonal changes affect you (or your child). Rosenthal, author of St. John's Wort: The Herbal Way to Feeling Good, brings SAD to life with profiles of seasonal-slump sufferers. All of these people experienced dramatic improvement with light therapy--exposure to a special light box for 30 to 90 minutes a day. Winter Blues tells you everything you need to know about light boxes and other treatments, such as psychotherapy, antidepressant medications, herbs, vitamins, and the role of diet and exercise. Rosenthal includes many helpful extras, such as tips for dealing with the holidays and a sample letter requesting insurance reimbursement for a light box. --Joan Price |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 8 reviews)
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excellent resource by Marie Pauline Mejia (US)  5 Stars
August 26, 2005
Easy read with valuable information. Author writes like a novelist, I could not put the book down.
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Excellent overview of Seasonal Affective Disorder  4 Stars
October 23, 2002
This book gives a comprehensive overview of Seasonal Affective Disorder, as well as milder versions like the "winter blues" which affect many people, some of whom don't realize it. The book is written primarily for the layperson, either those who think or know they have SAD or those who know someone who does. If you fall into one of those catagories, this book would be worth reading.The book explains the research behind the discovery of SAD (Dr. Rosenthal was one of the researchers who defined the disorder)and explains the various means of treating the problem. The author also puts SAD into a historical and literary context. After reading it, those affected by SAD will not feel that they are alone in their tribulations. They are part of a large group, and one that can live relatively normal lives with treatment and a little advance planning. The book also offers information on distinguishing SAD from depression or bipolarity, and points out that SAD can co-occur with other problems.
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Excellent overview of Seasonal Affective Disorder 4 Stars
October 23, 2002
This book gives a comprehensive overview of Seasonal Affective Disorder, as well as milder versions like the "winter blues" which affect many people, some of whom don't realize it. The book is written primarily for the layperson, either those who think or know they have SAD or those who know someone who does. If you fall into one of those catagories, this book would be worth reading.The book explains the research behind the discovery of SAD (Dr. Rosenthal was one of the researchers who defined the disorder)and explains the various means of treating the problem. The author also puts SAD into a historical and literary context. After reading it, those affected by SAD will not feel that they are alone in their tribulations. They are part of a large group, and one that can live relatively normal lives with treatment and a little advance planning. The book also offers information on distinguishing SAD from depression or bipolarity, and points out that SAD can co-occur with other problems.
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Worth a read 4 Stars
November 29, 2001
I found this book particularly useful to me in that I was not all that clear about what seasonal disorder was all about and the author is both convincing and authoritative about the problem. Although I do not experience seasonal disorder, someone very close does and I read it to find out what it was. At first, as I read the book, I wondered if this was not hype but as I continued on, I realized that the symptoms described are quite like the person. I benefited from reading the book but found the last few sections or chapters not to keep my interest because they tended to wander off into related but non-important areas for me.However, the book taken as a whole is a very valuable if you need information. So, if you are or know someone who may suffer this illness (and even the author makes it clear that it is a diagnosable illness) then you will gain comfort by taking the time to read it.
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A PATIENT'S PERSPECTIVE 4 Stars
January 23, 1999
This book was interesting to me as someone who has been diagnosed with seasonal affect disorder (SAD). However, I feel that the same information is restated and shown over and over again through different cases, making the book long if individual cases are not what you are looking for. I felt that the book was written in plain language, but was still geared towards psychologists and doctors. It did answer some of my questions about different types of light therapy and as someone who has lived in Scandinavia, I found his study of people who live in northern latitudes with regard to whether they are more immune to SAD particularly interesting. If you think you may have SAD, the book provides a test which doesn't tell you much, but would confirm the severity of your case by distiguishing it from "Winter Blues" and SAD. I think all psycologists/psychiatrists should have this book in their libraries and read about SAD so they can recognize it for what it is. If more people would acknowlege the disorder it would make it a lot easier on those of us who have it. And maybe the insurance company would get around to reimbursing me for my expensive light box instead of only wanting to pay for pills.
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