\ % Castlégar News December 14, 1988 Winter 'blahs' may be SAD @& BRANDON, MAN. (CP) Inge Horvath has always hated autumn. The leaves falling from the trees, the shorter days and the longer nights fill her with sadness. “It was like the beginning of the end,” she says She would become depressed and her mood worsened in the winter months. Every spring, she pulled out of it and her mood improved over the summer. It happened the same way, year after year. Horvath, now a psychologist at Brandon Mental Health Centre, did not recognize the symptoms at first. It was only while trying to diagnose a patient that Horvath diagnosed her: self. “I started to do reading on seasonal affective disorder and, lo and behold, I recognized myself,” she says. Seasonal affective disorder or SAD is characterized by severe seasonal mood swings. Only recently has it been studied and defined and for the first time this year it was included in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Symptoms appear in the fall and disappear in the spring and it's more than a case of the winter blahs. Discrimination still REGINA (CP) — Workpl crimination on grounds of sex, race, physical and mental disability is still rife in Canada, says the head of the Human Rights Commis ce des. Canadian sion Although we have come a long way since the UN declaration was drafted many of its principles have yet to be realized,” said Max Yalden who was in Regina to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. Yalden the powers of the commission and adapt ing the 10-year-old Canadian Human Rights Act to changing times would help to meet those principles “I would like to see the commission said strengthening assert its independence and report Parliament,” he us from the the directly to said ‘This would distance government and, in process, strengthen our authority.” The commission now falls under the jurisdiction of the Justice De partment Yalden would also like to see the act broadened to address the issue of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and include provisions for reasonable accommodation for the disabled “Problems of discrimination go rife deeper than individual injustices,” he said, indicating the commission must look beyond fighting discrimination ona c by-case basis. “The Employment Equity Act will help carry this process further.” Yalden said he hopes the equal legislation will bring about advances in ensuring women, opportunity natives, disabled people and visible minorities get their fair share of jobs The legislation requires all fed erally regulated employers with more than 100 employees to submit annual reports on their hiring and promotions practices. Under the Human Rights Act the commission can initiate a complaint if there are reasonable grounds to sus pect jobs are not being fairly dis tributed. Yalden called the hiring of natives by major banks dismal. In some cases not a single native person was hired in 1987 The transportation industry, in cluding trucking, waters, rail and air, functions with few women, except in the areas of clerical work, he said The number of visible minorities employed “on-air” as announcers, dise jockeys and reporters is well below the percentage of such people available in the labor market, he said Sufferers sink into severe depres sion. They become sad and lethargic and develop a craving for specific foods. They go to sleep earlier, wake up later, are less interested in sex and have trouble at work. They may withdraw and become irritable and suspicious. Some report feeling anxious in July and August just facing the prospect of the fall depression. When she was younger, Horvath thought her feelings coincided with the beginning of a new school year but the problem didn't end with school. Last year, it got worse. She spent 10 weeks travelling in Africa and re- turned to Brandon in November when her mood plummeted. It was like going into mourning only no one had died. “I was crying all the time, said. “I was all out of sorts.” She experienced the worst Christ mas of her life. Researchers have taken a cue from the winter holidays, which seem to make the fall and winter more bearable for sufferers of the dis order, and are using light to treat patients. VANCOUVER OUT “I could never live in a place like Vancouver,” said Horvath “I would just be utterly miser. able.” she One theory is that shorter days each fall and winter may upset production of the hormone melaton- in, prompting victims to behave much like an animal does going into hibernation. Horvath said it may be genetic and latitude is also considered a factor. “I personally believe that man wasn't intended to live at this latitude,” she said. The key to diagnosing the disorder is that the depression recurs year after year, In Brandon, four people, in addition to Horvath, have been diagnosed with the problem. They are treated with a set of full-spectrum lights resembling or. dinary fluorescent tubes. 7 CHRISTMA: STORE HOURS Open: Mon.-Fri, 9:30-9:00 Saturday 9:00-9:00 ‘til Dec. 23 DOWNTOWN TRAIL BUSINESS DIRECTORY TELEPHONE 365-5210 New insertions, copy changes and Busi Di y will be month of January. cancellations for the Castlegar News d up to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27 for the Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Avenue Castlegar © 365-2151 Gordon A. Read & Co. Certified General Accountant Office 368-6471 Residence 365-2339 1250 Bay Ave., Trail HERMAN” 12a, **We went to Greece for a second honeymoon. 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