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q&a with dr. monica zozone osburn Nubian Message sat with Dr. Monica Zozone Osburn, licensed professional counselor and executive director of NC State’s Counseling Center, to discuss seasonal affective disorder and its effect on college students. brandon loyd Correspondent Brandon Loyd: What does seasonal depression look like for a college student?
Dr. Monica Zozone Osburn: So, seasonal affective disorder [SAD]—it looks very similar to depression. Sadness, changes in appetite, difference in motivation, increased sleep, sometimes not being able to sleep. Those are the primary factors.
Loyd: How is this going to affect a student’s work and social life compared to somebody who may not be a student at a university? Osburn: I think the impact for college students is [that] it’s a summative impact, meaning you have the semester and it is such a short period of time. For someone to be out for a week can have great implications in this kind of environment compared to if they were just on the
