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Handwashing do's and don'ts Rosacea treatment: Can light therapy reduce symptoms? Ear infection (middle ear) Hospice care: Comforting the terminally ill Video: New Alzheimer's research (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 26, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Well: Light Treatment May Work on Nonseasonal Depression, Study Finds
The study says bright light therapy, which has been used effectively for seasonal affective disorder, may also work to treat the more common nonseasonal depression. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Mental Health and Disorders Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Depression (Mental) Mind Featured Therapy and Rehabilitation Source Type: news
Well: Light Treatment May Work on Nonseasonal Depression, Study Finds
The study says bright light therapy, which has been used effectively for seasonal affective disorder, may also work to treat the more common nonseasonal depression. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 24, 2015 Category: Nutrition Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Mental Health and Disorders Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Depression (Mental) Mind Featured Therapy and Rehabilitation Source Type: news
Light Therapy Highly Effective for Major DepressionLight Therapy Highly Effective for Major Depression
The combination of bright light therapy plus an antidepressant is highly effective in nonseasonal major depressive disorder. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - November 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
10 Things Everyone Should Know About Seasonal Depression
For some, the winter is hardly "the most wonderful time of the year." Seasonal affective disorder is a condition that affects nearly 10 million American adults and can make a few months out of the year feel downright unbearable. It's common to feel bouts of the winter blues, but those with seasonal depression may experience symptoms and low moods that sometimes make everyday tasks feel impossible. Here are a couple of things to keep in mind about seasonal affective disorder, its treatment options and how it affects people's daily lives. 1. The underlying cause of SAD isn't just bad weather. In most cases, SAD is...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
10 Things Everyone Should Know About Seasonal Depression
For some, the winter is hardly "the most wonderful time of the year."
Seasonal affective disorder is a condition that affects nearly 10 million American adults and can make a few months out of the year feel downright unbearable. It's common to feel bouts of the winter blues, but those with seasonal depression may experience symptoms and low moods that sometimes make everyday tasks feel impossible.
Here are a couple of things to keep in mind about seasonal affective disorder, its treatment options and how it affects people's daily lives.
1. The underlying cause of SAD isn't just bad weather.
In most cases, SAD is...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 22, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Light therapy may help nonseasonal depression
Popular treatment for seasonal affective disorder may have year-round benefits (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - November 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Light Therapy May Be Effective Year Round for Major Depression
(MedPage Today) -- Improvements seen when used alone or with an SSRI antidepressant (Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics - November 20, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: news
Light Therapy May Help Treat Major Depression
It’s not just for seasonal affective disorder: Light therapy may help manage major depression, too. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 19, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Alice G. Walton Source Type: news
Bright light therapy helps adults with major depressive disorder
Stephen FellerVANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of British Columbia found pairing fluoxetine, sold as Prozac, with light therapy can help adults with depression. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - November 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Can light therapy cure depression as well as Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Experts from the University of British Columbia in Canada prescribed the light treatment with a placebo antidepressant. They found it boosted mood with and without drug treatment. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CBT May Trump Light Therapy for SAD in the Long RunCBT May Trump Light Therapy for SAD in the Long Run
Patients with seasonal affective disorder are more likely to be in remission two winters after 6 weeks of cognitive-behavioral therapy than after the same duration of light therapy, research indicates. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - November 18, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Bright-Light Therapy Alleviates Nonseasonal Depression (FREE)
By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
Bright-light therapy can improve depression symptoms that are not related to seasonal affective disorder, according to a … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 18, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
CBT Beats Light Therapy for Seasonal Depression (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Cognitive therapy was aimed at "getting people out of hibernation mode" (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - November 17, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
