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On call: Winter depression
On call
Winter depression
Q. My wife gets down in the dumps each January. She thinks it's just because the holidays have come and gone, but I think it's more than that. Is it depression?
A. Your wife may just have a case of the "January blahs," or she may have seasonal affective disorder (SAD), better known as winter depression.
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