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Main Menu: Bright Light Therapy

This is the Main Menu for bright light therapy as a treatment in psychiatry.

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Seasonal Affective Disorder

What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?

 What is Seasonal Affective Disorder? (Patient handout)


Bright light therapy—Instructions to patients

Bright light therapy: Instructions to patients

How to do bright light therapy (patient handout)

The biggest mistakes patients make with bright light therapy


Bright light therapy—Bipolar depression

How exactly to use bright light therapy for bipolar depression

Bright light therapy for bipolar depression (Interview with Dorothy Sit, MD)


Bright light therapy—Devices

A systematic evaluation of bright light therapy devices

Bright light therapy: Which devices to recommend

Specific bright light therapy devices/ lamps to recommend or not recommend


Bright light therapy—Wearable devices

Should we recommend wearable bright light therapy devices?

Do wearable bright light therapy devices work?

Which SPECIFIC wearable bright light therapy devices?


Resources

Dr. Raymond Lam on Seasonal Affective Disorder-Part 1 (YouTube video)

Dr. Raymond Lam on Seasonal Affective Disorder-Part 2 (YouTube video)


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