SAD was formally described and named in 1984 by Norman E. Rosenthal and colleagues at the National Institute of Mental Health.

In a study comparing the effectiveness of light therapy and an antidepressant medication, fluoxetine, evidence was found to support the effectiveness and tolerability of both treatments for SAD.

Jones ' legend was quickly fueled by headlines such as, " DEAD UNDER HIS CAB: THE SAD END OF ENGINEER CASEY JONES ," The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee ; and " HEROIC ENGINEER – Sticks to his post at cost of life.

He was cast as a chemical engineer in SAD ( Standard American Diet ), an anti-FDA film about the food industry.

:** SAD, a planned film about the Standard American Diet, that was scrapped after Corey Haim, who had been cast in the leading role, died of a prescription drug overdose

In the revision of the DSM-III, published in 1987 ( DSM-III-R ), ISD was subdivided into two categories: Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder and Sexual Aversion Disorder ( SAD ).

Tohra continued to head the SGPC, considered the mini-parliament of the Sikh community, for a record 27 years before he was unceremoniously removed from the key post following a split in SAD in the wake of his revolt against Badal's leadership.

Throughout this bleak period, Tohra was supported by Badal but in 1999, the two leaders, considered the best of friends, fell out after the SGPC chief pressed for Badal's removal as SAD chief.

The origin of Tohra-Badal feud could be traced to the former's demand made in November 1998 for one-man-one-post for Akali Dal leaders, a remark seen by political observers as his pot shot at Badal who was at that time both the chief minister and SAD president.

Tohra was then expelled from SAD forcing him to form a new party Sarv Hind Shiromani Akali Dal with five members of Badal's cabinet, including Manjit Singh Calcutta, Mahesh Inder Singh Grewal, Harmail Singh Tohra, Inderjit Singh Zira and Surjit Singh Koli, who all resigned in protest against the expulsion.

Adversity brought Tohra and Badal together again after SAD was routed in the February 2002 assembly elections in Punjab and Tohra's SSHAD failed to win even a single seat.

Tohra was appointed as SGPC President in July 2003 after he accepted Badal's pre-eminence in the SAD.

SAD / SOG and its successors have been used when it was considered desirable to have plausible deniability about U. S. support ( this is called a covert operation or " covert action ").

These SAD teams linked up with U. S. Army Special Forces and Bolivian Special Forces to track down and capture Guevara, who was a special prize because of his leading role in the Cuban Revolution.

Vickers was a young Paramilitary Operations Officer from SAD / SOG.

The U. S. side was represented by paramilitary operations officers from SAD / SOG and the army's 10th Special Forces Group ( 10th SFG ).

It was planned and carried out by JSOC's Delta Force and SAD / SOG teams ( together called Task Force 121 ).

On August 6, 2009, the CIA announced that Baitullah Mehsud was killed by a SAD / SOG drone strike in Pakistan.

Miguel Galvão Teles, Dias da Cunha and Ernesto Ferreira da Silva played their part in approving new statutes and laid the foundations for a business group and Society of Soccer Sports ( SAD ) which was admitted into the Portuguese Stock Exchange in 1998.

System Administrator Appreciation Day, also known as Sysadmin Day, SysAdminDay, SAD or SAAD, was created by system administrator Ted Kekatos.

This battle happened prior to the invasion in February 2003 and was carried out with officers from SAD and the U. S. Army's 10th Special Forces Group.

It was carried out by Paramilitary Operations Officers from SAD and the Army's 10th Special Forces Group.

In 1996 Barnala once again came close to becoming Prime Minister. In 1996 General Elections with no political party getting mandate it was a good time for a regional party to have its Prime Minister. Regional Parties accounted about 80 MP's in the Lok Sabha The Assam Gana Parishad of Praful Kumar Mahanta and TDP of Chandra Babu Naidu including The Left parties zeroed on Barnala but last minute Barnala's parent party SAD led by Barnala's supposedly close friend Parkash Singh Badal without informing Barnala joined hands with the BJP hence Barnala yet again missed being Prime Minister.

Amarinder however felt marginalized, and in February 1997 the SAD ( Panthik ) was re-launched.

The CIA's elite Special Activities Division ( SAD ) units were the first U. S. forces to enter Afghanistan ( noting that many different countries intelligence agencies were on the ground or operating within theatre before SAD, and that SAD are not technically military forces, but civilian paramilitaries ).

USSOCOM's 10th Special Forces Group, elements of JSOC and CIA / SAD Paramilitary Officers linked up again and were the first to enter Iraq prior to the invasion.

In 2001, SAD units were the first U. S. forces to enter Afghanistan.

The CIA's Special Activities Division ( SAD ) teams were the first U. S. forces to enter Iraq in July 2002, prior to the US Invasion.

Of particular importance is educating clients on fatigue management and energy conservation, as low energy level is commonly reported in people with SAD.

CBT for SAD focuses on the early identification of negative anticipatory thoughts and behavior changes associated with the winter season, and helps clients develop coping skills to address these changes.

Indian security forces suppressed the insurgency in the early 1990s, but Sikh political groups such as the Khalsa Raj Party and SAD ( A ) continued to pursue an independent Khalistan through non-violent means.

Subsyndromal Seasonal Affective Disorder is a milder form of SAD experienced by an estimated 14. 3 % ( vs. 6. 1 % SAD ) of the U. S. population.

The blue feeling experienced by both SAD and SSAD sufferers can usually be dampened or extinguished by exercise and increased outdoor activity, particularly on sunny days, resulting in increased solar exposure.

A study published in May 2010 suggests that the blue light often used for SAD treatment should perhaps be replaced by green or white illumination.

Around 20 % of Irish people are affected by SAD, according to a survey conducted in 2007.

The survey also shows women are more likely to be affected by SAD than men.

OTs often use guiding frameworks, such as the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance and the Model of Human Occupation to help clients set rehabilitation goals and identify areas of occupational performance that are affected by the symptoms associated with SAD.

Several types of interventions fall within the psychosocial scope of occupational therapy, and are used by an interdisciplinary team of health care providers who work with clients with SAD.

In a health care system that is driven largely by medical models, OTs can play an important role in promoting psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery when addressing the underlying issues associated with SAD.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ( CBT ) is used widely by OTs to treat SAD and other mood disorders.

The largest single environmental restoration project in the world — the Everglades Restoration — is managed by SAD.

SAD is characterized by significant and recurrent amounts of worry upon ( or in anticipation of ) separation from a child or adolescent's home or from those to whom the child or adolescent is attached.

Direct sunlight, reflected into the windows of a home or office by a computer-controlled mirror device called a heliostat, has also been used as a type of light therapy for the treatment of SAD.

A 1995 study showed that green light therapy at doses of 350 lux produces melatonin suppression and phase shifts equivalent to 10, 000 lux white light therapy, but another study published in May 2010 suggests that the blue light often used for SAD treatment should perhaps be replaced by green or white illumination, because of a possible involvement of the cones in melatonin suppression.

SAD can be directly tasked by the President of the United States or the National Security Council at the President's direction.

SAD / SOG also conducts special reconnaissance, that can be either military or intelligence driven, but is carried out by Paramilitary Officers ( also called Paramilitary Operatives ) when in " non-permissive environments ".

In addition, SAD Paramilitary Officers were responsible for the Dalai Lama's clandestine escape to India, narrowly escaping capture and certain execution by the Chinese government.

They also provided a model, along with the other CIA-sponsored ground based paramilitary Korean operations, for the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam-Studies and Observations Group ( MACV-SOG ) activities conducted by the U. S. military and the CIA / SAD in Vietnam.