冬季气候有别以往,日照时数明显偏低,造成忧郁症求诊人数大幅增加,因而,冬季阴寒气候中,应格外重视心、理卫生。忧郁症虽非罕见,但多数人对这种身心疾病认识不足,甚至存有不少偏见及误解,导致国人对比影响心理卫生的主要疾病缺乏应有的预防—一即早筛检及有效治疗。今年入冬以来,各大医疗院所身心科的忧郁症患者明显增加,事实上与冬季气候阴冷,人常躲在室内,缺乏足够的活动,易出现忧郁情绪有关,造成忧郁症病情加剧。再者,人脑中的血清素足以影响个人情绪,而血清素分泌多少与日照多少呈现正相关。今年冬季日照时间明显缩短,不少人脑中的血清素浓度随之降低,进而影 Winter weather is different from the past, the sunshine hours were significantly lower, resulting in a substantial increase in the number of complaints of depression, therefore, winter cold climate, should pay special attention to heart and health. Although depression is not uncommon, most people do not have enough knowledge of such physical and mental diseases and even have many biases and misunderstandings. As a result, many people lack the necessary precautions against the major diseases affecting mental health - an early screening and effective treatment. Since the winter this year, major medical institutes psychiatric patients with depression increased significantly, in fact, with the cold winter climate, people often hiding indoors, lack of adequate activity, prone to depression, causing depression worsened. In addition, serotonin in the human brain is sufficient to affect personal emotions, and how much of the secretion of serotonin positively correlates with the number of sunshine. This winter sunshine time significantly shortened, many people’s brain serotonin concentration decreases, and then shadow