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Seasonal Affective Disorder, Environmental Hypersensitivity and Somatisation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Matthew Hotopf
Matthew Hotopf*
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
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Abstract

An association between seasonal affective disorder (SAD) diagnosed according to DSM–III–R criteria and ‘environmental hypersensitivity’, Candida hypersensitivity, and food allergies is reported in two patients. It is suggested that patients with somatisation disorder may present with symptoms of SAD and other media-popularised diagnoses in a form reminiscent of the cases of multiple media-popularised diagnoses.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 164 , Issue 2 , February 1994 , pp. 246 - 248
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Copyright © 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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