Light therapy (phototherapy) for many types of depression may have fewer and milder side effects and work more quickly than traditional depression treatments. Talk with a doctor before use.
A non-pharmacological solution that could effectively treat depressive disorders is bright light therapy. Patients with non-seasonal depression who were treated with bright light therapy reported ...
Bright light therapy, a standard treatment for seasonal depression, may also help people who experience depression year-round, a study shows. Researchers found that patients with non-seasonal ...
A recent study that found that patients treated with bright light therapy (BLT) reported a 40% remission rate of non-seasonal depression proves this point. Bolstered by a study from the National ...
If you think you may be suffering from SAD or depression, seek help from a psychiatrist. And since light therapy could cause negative side effects for some people with other mental illnesses ...
Bright light therapy, commonly used to treat seasonal depression that occurs during the dark winter months, may also offer ...
Bright light therapy has shown significant promise in improving remission and response rates among patients with nonseasonal ...
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For the twenty-one million American adults experiencing major depressive disorder (MDD) annually, this FDA-approved treatment ...
It’s the time of year for symptoms of seasonal affective disorder. The 40-year-old term has stuck despite diagnostic manuals ...
After Daylight Saving Time ends, it gets dark earlier in the day, causing symptoms of seasonal depression in many people.
Here’s why this season is giving us the " winter blues ." Seasonal depression, or seasonal affective disorder (SAD), is a ...