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<p>By Douglas H Stutz, Naval Hospital Bremerton Public Affairs.<br><br>According to Dr. Anthony Hwang, Naval Hospital Bremerton Clinical Psychologist assigned to the Mental Health Department, when a person’s individual mood is normally okay, but come fall and winter is consistently or predominantly low, they could be experiencing the winter blues which affects approximately 10-20 percent of the U.S. population. Then there is another five percent of the population that suffer from Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) with a seasonal pattern, a condition once referred to as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).<br></p>
<br>Subjects: Navy Medicine Live Blog; Seasonal Affective Disorder; depression; psychology; NH Bremerton</div>
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