the region of the country you live in can impact your rik of uffering from depreion—at leat from november through april.
that' becaue thoe living in the northern part of the country are more at rik of uffering from eaonal affective diorder, a form of clinical depreion brought on in the winter month by the hortening of the day and the later unrie.“in the united tate, ad i about five time more prevalent in the northern tier of tate than in the far outh,” ay dr. michael terman, director of the center for light treatment and biological rhythm at the columbia univerity medical center.but ad i jut the tip of the iceberg, explain terman. “le evere ‘winter doldrum' occur at leat three time more frequently than winter depreion. even more people experience one or more ymptom of winter depreion—uch a overeating or overleeping—even though their mood tay under control.”
whatever the degree of impairment, ymptom tend to reolve in the pring. “certainly there i no lack of happine up north for the ix month from may to october,” terman ay.