PREVALENCE OF WINTER DEPRESSION IN DENMARK

An unselected cohort of 3556 subjects in Copenhagen was asked to compl ete the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire (SPAQ) for estimatin g the presence of seasonal affective disorders (SAD or winter depressi on). Completed questionnaires were received from 1794 subjects in tota l. About 12% of the respondents had a Global Seasonality Score (GSS) h igh enough to indicate the presence of SAD. Among those respondents wi thout SAD, women and younger people were found to be much more sensiti ve to seasonal and weather changes than men and older people, respecti vely.