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  • Title: Separation of affective disorder into seasonal and nonseasonal types using motion sickness susceptibility as a marker.
    Author: Mirabile CS, Glueck BC.
    Journal: J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci; 1993; 5(3):330-4. PubMed ID: 8369644.
    Abstract:
    A sample of 133 candidates for antidepressant or mood-stabilizing medication treatment, with acute onset or a new phase of illness between the autumnal and vernal equinoxes, was gathered over a 3-year period from a private outpatient practice. All patients were diagnosed using DSM-III-R criteria, rated on a standard motion sickness (MS) questionnaire, and asked whether they had experienced cardinal symptoms of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). There was a positive relationship between greater MS and SAD in the entire patient sample. When a subsample of 23 patients was given a 2-week trial of phototherapy and rated for improvement, MS-susceptible patients responded better than MS-resistant patients.
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