Phototherapy and Depression WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Phototherapy and Depression
Phototherapy is sometimes used to treat depression. This treatment involves sitting in front of a light box each day for 15 to 90 minutes.1 To be effective, a person needs to be close enough to the light box to receive 10,000 lux of light.2
Fast Facts:
- Light therapy was originally used to treat seasonal affective disorder.1
- Is can also be effective to relieve depression during pregnancy.3
- Phototherapy is best if done first thing in the morning.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arthritis Foundation: Light Therapy Helps Ease Depression
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Psycom: Depression and Light Therapy
- ↑ WebMD: Bright Light Therapy Relieves Depression
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Depression and Phototherapy, Depression and Light Therapy, Light Therapy and Depression
- Last update: Mar. 2, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
