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 ...

No one expects winter to be tropical, but for many vitamin D-starved Canadians, a little sunshine would be appreciated. Residents in southern Ontario haven't seen the sun since the end of 2022, and ...

Light therapy significantly improves sleep and psycho-behavioral symptoms in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The corresponding study was published in PLOS. Recently, light therapy has received ...

With last week’s winter solstice, the earth’s northern latitudes are getting more sunlight every day – even if only by minutes. And yet for those who live in the northern hemisphere, the sun sets ...

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 ...

Seasonal depression occurs when people feel sad or unlike their usual selves, usually when the seasons change. In most cases, seasonal depression symptoms start in the late fall or early winter and go ...

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 ...

A new study found that light therapy (LT) added to standard care significantly reduced depressive symptoms and improved sleep quality in women with perinatal depression (PND), with efficacy sustained ...

Bienen and Weinberg sophomore Eloise Brotzman, a California native, did not anticipate the impact the darker Evanston winter and fall months would have on her mental health. Brotzman noticed that her ...

Because adequate sunlight and vitamin D appear to reduce the prevalence of seasonal affective disorder, various specialty lamps have been created to provide this light. Sun lamps, also known as "happy ...