According to the Cleveland Clinic, approximately half a million people in the United States suffer from winter seasonal affective disorder, while 10% to 20% may suffer from a more mild form of winter blues.
But how do you know if it’s something more severe like major depressive disorder?
“The holiday blues tend to be pretty short-lived, and they can come and go pretty easily, whereas clinical depression is something different altogether," Dr. Craig Chepke said. "For people with major depressive disorder, as we call it, then it's more than the holiday blues, there is more persistence of it."
Depression is the leading cause of disability in the world with an estimated 17.3 million American adults experiencing at least one major depressive episode in the past year.
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