Sue Pavlovich has been a SADA committee member since 2007. She is one of the editors of SADA’s quarterly newsletter and has recently taken on responsibility for media relations.
The SAD Association (SADA), a voluntary organisation, is the UK's only registered charity dedicated to Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). It informs the public and health professionals about SAD and supports and advises people who have the condition.
SADA's aim is to ensure that SAD is recognised and accepted throughout the UK, and that those that suffer from it can maintain a productive life with the support of doctors, employers, family and friends.
Public recognition of SAD has radically improved in the last twenty years but there is still a long way to go. There are people with SAD in the UK who cannot access sympathetic and knowledgeable medical help, and many more who manage their condition with light therapy, unknown to their GP.
SADA disseminates information about the condition through the media, from its website, by distribution of free leaflets to health centres and hospitals and through an information pack sent to its members.
SADA is self-financing and receives no government funding.