Conditions Helped by Light Therapy WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Conditions Helped by Light Therapy
Conditions helped by light therapy are not limited to seasonal affective disorder, although it most certainly does help SAD.1 There is evidence that light therapy is helpful in treating bipolar disorder and postpartum depression.2 Skin conditions such as psoriasis can be helped by light therapy.3
Fast Facts:
- Light therapy boxes are not covered by insurance.4
- Delayed sleep phase syndrome, and it's opposite, advanced sleep phase syndrome, both of which are a circadian rhythm sleep disorder can be helped by use of light boxes.5
- Jet lag can be helped by the use of light therapy.6
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Harvard Medical School (via AOL Health): Light therapy for winter depression
- ↑ Suite101: Light Therapy for Non-Seasonal Depression Light Box Treatment for Unipolar, Bipolar, and Postpartum Depression
- ↑ DERMAdoctor: Psoriasis Therapy Options
- ↑ National Women's Health Resource Center: Women's Health in the News Shining a Light on Wintertime Depression
- ↑ About.com: Light on Winter Darkness Disorders Beyond SAD
- ↑ Wikipedia: Light Therapy
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- Contributor: Stephen Taylor
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
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- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Stephen Taylor
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: LIGHT THERAPY HELPS CONDITIONS, LIGHT THERAPY AND CONDITIONS
- Last update: Feb. 6, 2009
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