'Winter blues' study finds key to depression resilience [medicalnewstoday.com]

Alicia Doktor 10/9/184:00 AM

A new study used a model of seasonal affective disorder to find out why some people don't develop depression despite being genetically predisposed to it. The findings also shed light on potential new treatments for seasonal depression.

The National Institute of Mental Health estimate that over 16 million people in the United States, or 6.7 percent of the population, will have had more than one episode of major depressionduring the past year.

A further 5 percent live with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), or seasonal depression.

[For more on this story by Ana Sandoiu, go to https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323270.php]

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