How does light work?
Light is a powerful antidepressant and is also the most powerful known zeitgeber (time-setter) for the internal biological clocks of the body.
Surprisingly,...
How to Select a Light Box
In the best of all possible worlds, every light box on the market should have undergone clinical trials to show its efficacy, and should...
Letter to My “Quarterly Club” Patients
I write this on August 1, 2020. August 1st is a date celebrated by the ancients, as Lammas, or the harvest holiday, when the...
An Ideal Marriage: Basic and Clinical Research in Chronobiology
Researchers studying single-cell blue-green algae or zebra fish, fruit flies or hamsters, often write at the bottom of their grant applications that, “Understanding basic...
Light boxes as a commodity: what next?
A message to everyone from the Center for Environmental TherapeuticsDepression poses a worldwide risk and burden for an estimated...
Seeking Treatment for Light Therapy, and Other Chronotherapy
CET does not recommend trying light therapy, or any other circadian rhythm treatment, without the supervision of a professional. Although side effects...
CET’s Basic Guide to Light Therapy
Many individuals with depression are unwilling or unable to take medication or have found it ineffective. Bright light therapy box is now established as...
Bright Light Therapy for Perinatal Depression
Perinatal depression is a type of depression experienced around, during, or shortly after pregnancy. It can affect any woman during any pregnancy or phase...
Bright Light Therapy and Sleep in Women Undergoing Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
Annually, there are about 1.6 million new cases of cancer in the United States, of which breast cancer is the most common. Chemotherapy has...
Light Therapy: Its Discovery and Applications
How it all began...Light therapy is one of the most exciting and scientifically interesting developments in medicine today. First, it is one of the...
