Pursuits
The Sad History of SAD
The history of wintertime sadness
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1911: German psychiatrist Willy Hugo Hellpach first identifies highs and lows that occur among his patients as the seasons change.
1967: New Jersey’s Duro-Test rolls out the Vita-Lite, a full-spectrum fluorescent lamp. Patients are later told to use it for two hours each morning.