THE AVENUE
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HEALTH ENTERPRISE
Florida students at low risk for seasonal depression — but still get “winter blues”
By Zoey Thomas | Dec. 2Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that reoccurs in a pattern about four months out of the year — often during the winter. SAD doesn’t occur often among Floridians, with people from Alaska or New England more likely to develop the disorder. But many Floridians still suffer from a less extreme version: the “winter blues” or “holiday blues.”
