Then she read about seasonalaffectivedisorder, a form of depression that occurs in fall and winter, and she saw the light—literally.
然后她读了关于季节性情感障碍的书,这是一种发生在秋天和冬天的抑郁症;而她真的看到了光。
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However, this was also the case with seasonalaffectivedisorder and postpartum depression, which are now formally recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Exposure to natural light or a bright artificial lightsource has been shown to be as effective as medication in treating somepeople with seasonalaffectivedisorder.