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2. 5 Happy Lights to Fight Seasonal Affective Disorder - AOL

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   Around 10 to 20 percent of Americans have a mild type of seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a form of depression that begins in late fall and usually ceases come springtime. Living with fewer ...

3. Seasonal affective disorder - Wikipedia

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   Light therapy uses a lightbox, which emits far more lumens than a customary incandescent lamp. Bright white "full spectrum" light at 10,000 lux, blue light at a wavelength of 480 nm at 2,500 lux or green (actually cyan or blue-green [35]) light at a wavelength of 500 nm at 350 lux are used, with the first-mentioned historically preferred. [36] [37]

4. Light therapy - Wikipedia

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   Light therapy, also called phototherapy or bright light therapy is the exposure to direct sunlight or artificial light at controlled wavelengths in order to treat a variety of medical disorders, including seasonal affective disorder (SAD), circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders, cancers, neonatal jaundice, and skin wound infections.

5. This best-selling ‘happy light’ can help relieve winter blues ...

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   If being indoors during the winter gets you down in the dumps, using this $35 light at your desk or in your bedroom can help improve your mood.

6. Light exposure during the day linked to a 20% lower risk of ...

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   But people who were exposed to higher amounts of light during the day had a 20% lower risk of depression, along with lowered odds of developing psychosis, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety ...

7. Occupational therapy in the management of seasonal affective ...

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   Light therapy has been shown in studies to have mixed results; in some studies, 20% to 50% of those diagnosed with SAD did not gain adequate relief from the use of light therapy. [22] Individuals may also explore alternative treatments if they are unable to commit to the time required and the recurrence of the treatment that is necessary. [23]