Seasonal affective disorder (SAD ... difficulty concentrating and persistent mood swings. While traditional light therapy boxes have been the go-to remedy for years, a new contender is catching ...

Light therapy is considered a first-line treatment for seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a type of depression that occurs during the fall and winter. Here's more about this treatment and how to ...

Bright light therapy, widely understood to be an effective treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), can also be helpful in treating other types of depression, finds a new meta-analysis ...

In conventional light therapy, patients stare closely for ... that blue light is better at relieving the symptoms of seasonal depression than red light. "By finding the best wavelength of light ...

Symptoms of seasonal depression include sleeping more than usual, feeling sad, and fatigue. To cope, you should try light therapy, spend enough time outside, and get frequent exercise. Seasonal ...

Light therapy lamps are often held up ... with different mental health conditions, including seasonal affective disorder and types of depression that don’t occur seasonally,” Kamara explains.

But unlike major depression, it occurs seasonally ... where every university hospital has a seasonal affective disorder clinic -- light therapy is effective in 60% to 90% of cases, and patients ...

It works for some people with SAD, but whether the light therapy can help people with non-seasonal depression isn’t so obvious. For one, it seems that people who suffer from SAD don’t tend to ...

But about 11 million Americans have a more severe form of winter depression-- seasonal affective ... might need less exposure to bright light therapy than people with SAD, but both groups benefit ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WREX) — Most people associate Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) with the cold, dark, winter months. But it's not unheard of to experience “seasonal depression” during the spr ...

Light therapy is not offered on the NHS Dr Jon ... A 2016 research paper looked at both seasonal and non-seasonal depression and compared 30 minutes of 10,000 lux in the morning with Prozac.

Sundowning is a phenomenon commonly experienced by those with dementia. As the day progresses into evening, symptoms such as confusion, agitation and restlessness can intensify. This can be ...