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Personal light exposure research needs a common standard, not a thousand wheels
Photo/image by: Nadja Baltensweiler
Personal light exposure has become a central construct in light-and-health research: many researchers now routinely use wearables and environmental sensing to...
Mental Health and the Body Clock: What Questions Should Research Be Answering?
Do you ever wonder about who decides what research focuses on? Well, usually it’s decided by researchers and the people who fund research (which...
Circadian Reinforcement Therapy – A New Approach to Treat Depression
There is a need to develop new treatments for depression as the current options are lacking in efficacy, are associated with severe side effects,...
Illuminating progress: Novel guidelines for documenting and reporting light interventions in basic and clinical research
In the fast-changing landscape of scientific research, standardization and increasing the useability of data are becoming increasingly important. Understanding the nuances of non-visual responses...
What are the boundaries of environmental therapeutics?
I am relatively new to environmental therapeutics and wanted to consider the boundaries of our discipline. It is defined on the home page of...
Triple chronotherapy succeeds with home treatment for major depression
The experts who provide CET with clinical updates have the most experience with light therapy, particularly for SAD. However, light alone may not be...
How to use light to ease the burden of restless nights and listless days
Restless nights, filled with unrewarding sleep, are experienced by at least one third of the population. About ten percent suffer so severely for long...
Realizing the Promise of Chronotherapy: First Priority, Full-Scale Clinical Trials
In 2014, Thomas Insel, MD, then Director of the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health, wrote that “ketamine, given intravenously, might be the most...
Blue Blockers to Treat Mania
Just as seasonal and non-seasonal depression can be treated with light therapy, mania and hypomania can be treated with darkness. This symmetry was not...
