Coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder: COVID isolation worsens the effects of winter depression
Health experts believe at least half of Butler County's population get the seasonal blues.
Freezing temperatures and shorter days lead many to suffer from what therapists call the “winter blues,” symptoms of depression that affect about 5% of adults in the United States, according to the American Psychiatric Association.
The diagnosis, known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, can strike a much higher number. Health experts believe at least half of Butler County's population get the seasonal blues.
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