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  1. Seasonal affective disorder treatment: Choosing a light box

    Mar 30, 2022 · Get tips for choosing a light box that's similar to outdoor light to help ease your mood and reduce symptoms of SAD.

  2. Therapeutic Light Therapy: How It Works - WebMD

    Therapeutic light therapy, also called phototherapy, is a form of treatment for certain types of depression, sleep disorders, and other conditions. It involves exposing yourself to outdoor or...

  3. Light Therapy for SAD - Cleveland Clinic Health Essentials

    Dec 9, 2024 · Light therapy, also known as phototherapy or bright light therapy, uses artificial light to help treat SAD and other conditions that are associated with it. To use light therapy, you need to sit …

  4. Light Therapy for Depression: How It Works, Research, and More

    Nov 19, 2024 · Light therapy (phototherapy) involves exposure to an artificial light source. Many types of light therapy are available to treat several conditions, including sleep disorders and types of...

  5. Light Therapy 101: Time for Seasonal Affective Disorder Lamps

    Oct 21, 2024 · People with SAD often suffer psychiatric co-morbidities like depression, anxiety, and premenstrual syndrome/premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMS/PMDD). Light therapy has been …

  6. The 7 Best Light Therapy Boxes - Health

    Sep 29, 2025 · Light therapy is an effective treatment for SAD and depression. Learn how you can incorporate it into your routine with our top, tested light therapy boxes.

  7. Light therapy: Not just for seasonal depression? - Harvard Health

    Oct 28, 2022 · Bright light therapy can help ease SAD, major depression, and perinatal depression. The transition from fall to winter means grayer skies, shorter days, and for some people, the return of …

  8. Bright Light Therapy: Growing Evidence Beyond Seasonal Depression

    Jan 6, 2025 · A study published in JAMA Psychiatry in late 2024, found that bright light therapy was an effective supplementary treatment for depressive disorders other than seasonal depression.

  9. Possible Side Effects of light therapy are uncommon and generally mild. Light therapy users sometimes experience irritability, eyestrain, headaches, skin irritation (some medication can cause light …

  10. The 4 Best Light Therapy Lamps of 2025 | Reviews by Wirecutter

    Nov 18, 2025 · After conducting over 40 hours of research, including interviewing one of the scientists who first described seasonal affective disorder (SAD), we’ve concluded that the Carex Day-Light …