Welcome to the Bush Support Services first ever blog post! We have never been so high-tech before and we are hoping that you will find the site interesting enough to contribute.

Given that some remote areas are about to go into the wet season, I thought a timely place to start would be to have a look at Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). As you are no doubt aware, people who suffer from SAD get depressed repeatedly in winter, or rather when the season changes. It is also known as the ìwinter bluesî. Symptoms can include lethargy and cravings for comfort foods such as chocolate.

What are your experiences of how the weather affects your (and your patientsí) emotional experience?

What are the other environmental factors that impact on your emotions?

What do you do to cope?

What factors let you know that things are improving?

- Annmaree