Prevalence of seasonal affective disorder and seasonality of mood and behaviour in Iceland – Methodological implications for revisiting the latitude hypothesis
SAD remains relatively rare in Iceland, but seasonal mood and behaviour fluctuations are as common as in other areas at high latitude, underscoring the need to distinguish between subjective seasonality and clinical SAD.
Authors
- Arne C. Bathke
- Ragnar Pétur Ólafsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8994-4267)
- Lada Zelinski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8560-6519)
- Yvonne Höller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1727-8557)
- Leon Daði Sesseljuson
- Ara Dan Pálmadóttir
- Ásta Guðrún Birgisdóttir
Institutions
- University of Iceland (IS)
- University of Salzburg (AT)
- University of Akureyri (IS)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Published
- 2025-12-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.121057
- Primary Topic
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00