Seasonality of mood and behavior in the Old Order Amish

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 112-117

  Raheja, Uttam K ^a,b   Stephens, Sarah H ^a   Mitchell, Braxton D ^a   Rohan, Kelly J ^c   Vaswani, Dipika ^a   Balis, Theodora G ^a   Nijjar, Gagan V ^a,b   Sleemi, Aamar ^a,b   Pollin, Toni I ^a   Ryan, Kathleen ^a   Reeves, Gloria M ^a   Weitzel, Nancy ^a   Morrissey, Mary ^a   Yousufi, Hassaan ^a   Langenberg, Patricia ^a   Shuldiner, Alan R ^a,d   Postolache, Teodor T ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St Elizabeths Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e National Center for the Treatment of Phobias   (United States)

Author keywords

Amish; Epidemiology; Seasonal affective disorder; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMISH; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GLOBAL SEASONALITY SCORE; HERITABILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL PATTERN ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMISH; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS;

EID: 84875372816     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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