Major depressive disorder is a debilitating condition that impacts around 5% of adults worldwide. While doctors commonly prescribe antidepressants to patients, it has several side effects and might ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (UPI) --Bright-light therapy offers major advantages as an addition to treatment with antidepressants for non-seasonal depressive disorders, a new analysis of 11 randomized clinical ...

Like an estimated 5 percent or so of Americans, I have seasonal affective disorder, better known by its all-too-appropriate acronym, SAD. Seasonal depression, which can entail lethargy and lower moods ...

Bright light therapy (BLT) is associated with a 41% remission rate in patients with nonseasonal depressive disorders, significantly higher than the remission rates reported with other treatments, a ...

If you’ve ever noticed how your mood lifts on a sunny morning or how gloomy days can make you feel dull, you already understand a bit about how light affects our minds. Our bodies depend on light not ...

As daylight diminishes people can feel their mood dimming. Experts say starting light therapy in the fall can help fend off winter depression. As the days get shorter, many people may also find their ...

Q: Each year when we switch away from daylight saving time, I get that SAD thing. I start feeling low and eventually get depressed. Why does that happen? I’ve read there are special lights that can ...

The light therapy you are asking about, known as bright light therapy, has proven beneficial for many people with winter-onset SAD. It involves daily exposure of 30 to 40 minutes to a light box. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. therapy-lights When you think of light therapy lamps that mimic natural sunlight, you probably associate them with seasonal ...

Dear Doctors: Each year when we switch away from daylight saving time, I get that SAD thing. I start feeling low and eventually get depressed. Why does that happen? I’ve read there are special lights ...