First, it is one of the rare treatments that developed directly out of basic research in neurobiology: a nice story of intellectual preparedness and bench-to- bedside crosstalk.
Bright light therapy box is now established as a treatment for both seasonal (fall-winter) depression, as well as several forms of non-seasonal depression or sad, including bipolar depression.
Light suppresses the production of melatonin, and light causes a shift in the sleep/wake cycle. Are these two separate processes? If so, which process makes light therapy work?
In the best of all possible worlds, every light box on the market should have undergone clinical trials to show its efficacy, and should provide customers…
Advertising and writing about light therapy in the media: why are the eyes nearly always closed?
In five minutes of web-browsing for a light therapy lamp, a motif repeats itself — beautiful models (nearly always women) with closed eyes, swooning in ecstasy.
Depression poses a worldwide risk and burden for an estimated 264 million people and their families — “the single largest contributor to global disability.”
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