HOLIDAY
Health Aspects of “Holiday Blues” H oliday “Blues” and Post-Holiday “Blues” as general entities encompass the conception that some individuals are temporarily inundated with prevalent changes in mood or behavior, or emotional vacillations and even changes in physical symptomatology manifested as a result of stress, fatigue, anxiety, loneliness, temporary despondency, overwhelming planning obligations for family celebrations, social obligations associated with holiday party activities, intensification of holiday commercialization with potential financial compromise, and a litany of other holiday “demands.” Depression during the holidays and a clinical entity designated as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) are clinical issues that have various etiologies and there are trained counselors/ mental health professionals who are available to give counseling and oversight clinical management on an individualized basis when the need arises. Dr. R. Marie Horne, MD and Dr.
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