Yekaterinburg - Post Report Question and Answers
Are there any particular mental health issues that tend to crop up at post, such as Seasonal Affective Disorder (winter blues)?
Seasonal Affective Disorder can definitely be an issue here, as the winters are very long and dark. It is also easy to feel isolated here, because the post is so small. Currently, I am the only EFM at post, and that has been a bit difficult. Of course, people are always changing, so hard to say whether I will still be the only EFM six months from now. - Feb 2020
Winter blues are a problem due to short day light during the winter months. Usually, from October through end of February. The post issues the mood lamps but they had very little effect on us. However, having said that there are winter blues here there is plenty of sun in Yekaterinburg. We lived in St. Petersburg in the winter as well, and they have much grayer winter than here. - Aug 2018
