Seasonal Affective Disorder Research Paper

This research paper consists of a mood disorder named Seasonal Affective Disorder associated with depression. Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal and his associates at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) discovered Seasonal Affective Disorder in the 1980’s. Recently, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV and DSM-5 states that its status was changed. It’s no longer classified as a unique mood disorder but now its more specific such as seasonal patterns for recurrent major depressive disorder that occurs at a specific time of the year and fully remits otherwise. This disorder mainly occurs in people who live in northern latitudes where the climate is cold or where the daylight hours are short such as Alaska,