From Sadness to Sunshine: A Journey Through Seasonal Affective Disorder | Dr. Norman Rosenthal

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Lindsey Elmore

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Alternative Health, Medicine

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🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D. is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown Medical School and was the psychiatrist who first described seasonal affective disorder and pioneered the use of light in its treatment during his twenty years at the National Institute of Mental Health. He has researched other innovative psychiatric treatments and is the author of several books including the New York Times bestseller Transcendence: Healing and Transformation through Transcendental Meditation and the national bestseller Super Mind. He currently maintains a private clinical and coaching practice in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC. His work has earned him national and international attention in the world of psychiatry and psychology, as well as in the media.

Topics covered in this episode:
Meditation Benefits
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Light Therapy Effectiveness
Exercise Habits for Happiness
Dietary Habits for Mood
Serotonin and Depression
Overcoming Depression and SAD

To learn more about Norman Rosenthal and his work, head over to https://www.normanrosenthal.com/
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0:00.0	Welcome back, everybody, to The Lindsay Elmore Show. We are so excited because today we are going to be interviewing Dr. Norm Rosenthal. We interviewed him once before about his book, Poetry RX, about how we can use poetry to understand different types of psychiatric conditions. And today, we are going to be talking about seasonal effective disorder
0:22.5	or sad so sad is a type of depression that happens during certain seasons of the year
0:30.1	typically more around fall or winter and it's thought that shorter days and less daylight trigger a chemical change in the brain that can lead first to maybe some brain fog or maybe some lack of focus, all the way to complete and other utter anhydonia and the inability to function on a daily basis. It is different
0:59.0	than simply feeling sad or unhappy. And I think it is important that we continually remind
1:07.1	ourselves as well as others that seasonal effective disorder, depression, being down in the dumps
1:15.0	is not a sign of personal weakness. This is not a condition that simply can be willed away.
1:21.3	And it is important that we give ourselves space to seek help. Seasonal effective disorder typically affects adults.
1:31.3	Women are more effective than men. It increases in risk with age. And it is thought to be linked
1:41.1	a little bit to serotonin, a little bit to melatonin, and a little bit to simply not
1:48.0	having good healthy habits at baseline. Things like getting up in the morning and going
1:55.3	outside and exercising. It also doesn't, it also relates to simply not having a good, well-balanced diet.
2:04.7	People rarely snap out of depression or of seasonal effective disorder.
2:10.7	And today we are going to talk about how we can defeat seasonal effective disorder.
2:17.9	Our guest wrote a book defeating seasonal effective disorder that details not only the risk
2:25.9	of getting seasonal effective disorder, but also how we can make small lifestyle changes
2:33.6	that include incorporating light therapy, working on our exercise,
2:38.2	as well as our diet routines to help us to overcome seasonal effective disorder.
2:44.3	This is The Lindsay Elmore Show.
2:46.8	Welcome to The Lindsay Elmore Show, a podcast for people who deserve to be healthy.
2:52.0	With honest, open, and enlightening conversations with doctors, thought leaders, creatives, and spiritual gurus,
3:00.2	you'll walk away with simple and tangible tips and tricks that allow you to live your healthiest life so you can pursue your dreams,
3:10.4	overcome obstacles, and leave your mark.
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