But honestly, why not turn this made up day around to raise awareness of seasonal depression and mental health in general?

At the intermediate school in Staten Island where she teaches, two decades of tradition stand between the staff and seasonal depression.

Maybe you have seasonal depression, also known as seasonal affective disorder or SAD.

A rare form of seasonal depression, known as "summer depression," begins in late spring or early summer and ends in fall.

But other times, symptoms of seasonal depression are part of a more complex psychiatric problem.

There are different treatments for seasonal depression, depending on the severity of the symptoms.

Other researchers have since told of patients whose seasonal depression switched from winter to summer.

No one pretends to have time for this, what with decorating, shopping, cooking, planning, chauffeuring and dealing with seasonal depression.

The key to the physiological adjustments to changes in light exposure and possibly to treating seasonal depression appears to be the pineal gland.

Many people in this country suffer from seasonal depression during the winter months.