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Trastorno afectivo estacional - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Depresión de invierno; TAE

Definición:

Se refiere a episodios de depresión que ocurren en cierta época del año, generalmente durante el invierno.

Causas:

El trastorno puede comenzar durante los años de adolescencia o principios de la adultez. Como cualquier otra forma de depresión, ocurre con más frecuencia en las mujeres que en los hombres.

Las personas que viven en lugares con largas noches de invierno están en mayor riesgo de sufrir el trastorno afectivo estacional (TAE). Una forma menos común del trastorno implica depresión durante los meses de verano.

Otros factores que pueden hacer más probable el trastorno afectivo estacional (TAE) abarcan:

La cantidad de luz
La temperatura corporal
Los genes
Las hormonas

Tipos de depresión

Reviewed last on: 3/6/2011
Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; and David B. Merrill, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Gelenberg AJ, Freeman MP, Markowitz JC, Rosenbaum JF, Thase ME, Trivedi MH, et al. American Psychiatric Asosciation. Practice guidelines for the treatment of patients with major depressive disorder. 2nd ed. September 2007.

Tesar GE. Psychiatry and psychology. In: Carey WD, ed. Cleveland Clinic: Current Clinical Medicine 2010. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:section 11.

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