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FAMILIAL REVERSE SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER - A CASE REPORT
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FAMILIAL REVERSE SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER - A CASE REPORT

Praveen Fernandes, Ajit Avasthi and P.J. Santosh
Indian journal of psychiatry, Vol.38(4), pp.257-259
01/01/1996
PMCID: PMC2970882
PMID: 21584142

Abstract

Case Report familial genetic hypomania reverse Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) summer
A patient with recurrent summer depression for seven consecutive years is described, whose mood significantly worsened with increased environmental temperature. She had a family history of recurrent summer depression in both her brother and paternal grandmother with symptoms similar to those of typical endogenous depression. The patient′s mood switched to hypomania with antidepressant therapy.

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