Bright light therapy found to be effective for nonseasonal depressive disorders

Medical Xpress / HealthDay / JAMA Psychiatry ^ | Oct. 7, 2024 | Elana Gotkine / Artur Menegaz de Almeida et al

[ConservativeMind]

Bright light therapy (BLT) is an effective adjunctive treatment for nonseasonal depressive disorder, according to a review.

Artur Menegaz de Almeida and colleagues conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the effectiveness of BLT as an adjunctive treatment for nonseasonal depressive disorders. Eleven unique trials were included, with data from 858 patients (75.6 percent females).

The researchers found that the BLT group had significantly better remission and response rates (remission: 40.7 versus 23.5 percent [odds ratio, 2.42]; response: 60.4 versus 38.6 percent [odds ratio, 2.34]). Subgroup analysis based on follow-up times also showed better remission and response with BLT (remission: less than four weeks, 27.4 versus 9.2 [odds ratio, 3.59]; more than four weeks, 46.6 versus 29.1 percent [odds ratio, 2.18]; response: less than four weeks, 55.6 versus 27.4 percent [odds ratio, 3.65]; more than four weeks, 63.0 versus 44.9 percent [odds ratio, 1.79]).

"Our study results suggest that BLT offers significant benefits as an adjunctive treatment for these conditions," the authors write.

"In addition, different follow-up times assessed in the subgroup analysis suggest that BLT not only increases remission and response rates but also accelerates the time to respond to initial treatment."

[ConservativeMind]

Bright light therapy can be a positive, simple option for non-seasonal depressive disorder.

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[RckyRaCoCo]

I think a bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich would work too.

[doorgunner69]

No wonder liberals in the Seattle off themselves to often.

Maybe more sunlight would cure their liberalism.

[sauropod]

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[maddog55]

Non-seasonal depressive disorder... another made up “disorder” for big pharma to shove a drug down peoples throats.

It’s called winter not a disorder and has been going on for 4.5 billion years but now people can’t handle it because they’ve been brainwashed into thinking it’s a psychological disease.

What’s the psychological “disorder” for summertime daylight hours?

[Disambiguator]

Traumatic Daylight Saving Time Disorder

Or something.

I call it lack of sleep.

[dfwgator]

I think a bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich would work too.

[onona]

I have heard of this. Great concept, and what ?? No Drugs ?????

[onona]

Hell yeah Rock, and now I must have one.