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Seasonal Affective Disorder Following Brain Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Neil Hunt  and
Trevor Silverstone
Neil Hunt*
Affiliation:
St John's Wing, Homerton Hospital, Homerton Row, London E9 6SR
Trevor Silverstone
Affiliation:
Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1
*
∗ Correspondence
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Abstract

Seasonal affective disorder has not previously been linked with neuroanatomical abnormalities despite its relationship to biological rhythms. A 45–year-old woman is described with an arteriovenous abnormality in the right frontotemporal region who developed recurrent winter depression and summer hypomania.

Type
Brief Report
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 6 , June 1990 , pp. 884 - 886
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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