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Tips for beating the winter blues

Winter depression affects about 1–2% of the population. It’s also possible to experience seasonal symptoms in the winter without having diagnosable depression. This is referred to as having the winter blues, which affects about 25% of the population. The symptoms in winter blues are milder than those in winter depression.

We updated an article in Health information resource pages, where you can read how you can try to alleviate symptoms caused by the darkness: