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(Editor’s note: This is the first in an occasional series which will focus on mental illness in Virginia., both as it affects individuals and how the community and its officials are helping those afflicted.)
By LOU HATTER ,,4V Rappahannock News Staff Writer
“Cabin^ fever,” “Winter blahs,” “feeling yucky,” “Holiday blues,” we’ve all heard someone describe their mood in those words - in fact, most df us have probably mod one of thoactwwinouraotves- -- ••
They are’ all euphemisms for depression; a mental disorder which will affect at least 70 percent of Americans at some time in their lives.
Twice as many women as men suffer from depression. Children are not immune, innocence apparently being no defense. Twelve percent of those diagnosed are children. Sadly, although almost three-quarters of the population will suffer a rmqor depressive episode, less than half of those affected will seek treatment.
And, sadder still, treatment works. Eighty percent of those who seek professional help find relief from the disorder.
Recently the National Institute of Mental Health, the federal government’s research facility, has recognized Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) as a clinically defined form of depression. “It’s a fancy name for the wintertime blues," said Lee Nettles, site director of Family Guidance Services of Rappahannock, a service
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