SAD and Light Therapy -- Part 1

Dr. Raymond Lam gives a public talk on seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and light therapy at a Scientific Conference of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms (www.sltbr.org) held on June 28, 2008 in Vancouver, Canada. First of two parts.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Seasonal
• affective
• disorder
• light
• therapy
• winter
• depression
• season
• rhythms
• circadian
• melatonin
• antidepressant
• health

[smokingjoe19702]

Great - Thanks for this

[newmac]

I would maintain that the people are completely normal and that the "problem" is with the climate. Humans evolved to seek out the light....

[bustacapinlutha]

I moved from South Texas to Portland, Oregon. My son told me about light bulbs that mimic sunlight after seeing me in tears and moping. Can any one tell me if 2 light bulbs in one room is enough to help me?

[sunlionness2007]

i have been dealing with this for many years. I was aware of it a long time ago because when the weather changes, i would get this feeling in the pit of my stomach, like ughhhh, cloudy, grey days are back again! This continues throughout the winter and i start feeling better around late february. I feel the best solution is to move to a warmer climate for the winter we have in NYc, but cant afford to yet.