Individuals with summer depression present a picture opposite to that of patients with winter depression.
Rather than an anergic, hyperphagic, hypersomnic, depressive picture, patients with summer depression presented with an agitated, hypophagic, hyposomnic, depressive clinical picture.
The patient will probably lose his appetite and some weight, have trouble sleeping, and feel anxious.
In addition, people with summer SAD report more suicidal ideas than their winter counterparts and may be at greater risk for harming themselves or taking their own lives.
Heat may be the triggering environmental factor in summer depression.
What is summer depression?
