Section 1: History and evolutionary theory

(1.1) Section 1: History and evolutionary theory

(1.2) Warm-up exercise

(1.3) Warm-up exercise: suggested answers

(1.4) Five historical landmarks in SAD

(1.5) Video: possible evolutionary significance

(1.6) Possible evolutionary significance

(1.7) Section 1: Recap

(1.8) Section 1: Summary

Section 2: Epidemiology and aetiology

(2.1) Section 2: Epidemiology and aetiology

(2.2) Epidemiology: how common is SAD?

(2.3) Epidemiology: age and gender

(2.4) Epidemiology: latitude of residence

(2.5) Map of the world

(2.6) Aetiology

(2.7) Aetiology: daylight and photoperiods

(2.8) Aetiology: melatonin

(2.9) Aetiology: monoamines

(2.10) Aetiology: phase shift hypothesis

(2.11) Section 2: Recap

(2.12) Section 2: Summary

Section 3: Symptoms, diagnosis and comorbidity

(3.1) Section 3: Symptoms, diagnosis and comorbidity

(3.2) Exercise 2: Symptoms

(3.3) Exercise 2: Symptoms – answers

(3.4) Seasonal characteristics

(3.5) Atypical depressive symptoms

(3.6) Symptoms shared with non-seasonal depression

(3.7) Severity

(3.8) Summer resolution

(3.9) SAD in children

(3.10) Video: summary of symptoms

(3.11) Diagnostic classification

(3.12) DSM-IV classification

(3.13) Making the diagnosis

(3.14) The SPAQ

(3.15) Differential diagnosis

(3.16) Associations and comorbidity

(3.17) Section 3: Recap

(3.18) Section 3: Summary

Module summary

Module test

Take-home notes

References

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Appendix: transcripts

(1.2) Transcript: warm-up exercise

(1.5) Transcript: possible evolutionary advantages

(3.11) Transcript: video summary of symptoms