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References used for this fact sheet

• Seasonal Affective Disorder, depressionServices.org.au, More information here.
• Phototherapy, Sentiens Health, Perth WA. More information here.
• Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), Mayo Clinic US. More information here.
• Seasonal affective disorder, National Alliance on Mental Illness US. More information here.
• Lambert, GW, Reid, C, Kaye, DM, Jennings, GL & Esler, MD, 2002, ‘Effect of sunlight on serotonin turnover in the brain’, The Lancet, vol. 360, pp. 1840–1842. More information here.



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