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Items Tagged with 'seasonal_affective_disorder'

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Light Therapy: Good for What Ails You?

September 28, 2021
Edmund S. Higgins, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Edmund S. Higgins, MD. Clinical associate professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Higgins has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
The health benefits of light therapy are expanding its use beyond winter depression. Here we explore those promises and pitfalls, including ADHD, PTSD, bipolar depression, binge eating, sleep disorders, dementia, sexual dysfunction, traumatic brain injury, diabetes, and arthritis.
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Shining a Light on PTSD

June 29, 2021
Edmund S. Higgins, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Edmund Higgins, MD Dr. Higgins has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
This first-of-its-kind study looked at lightbox in PTSD with a randomized, placebo-controlled design.
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A Practical Guide to Light Therapy

November 15, 2019
Chris ­Aiken, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Chris ­Aiken, MD. Editor-in-Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report. Practicing psychiatrist, Winston-Salem, NC.
Few natural therapies perform well when stacked head-to-head with medication. Light therapy is an exception. When used correctly, it can treat winter and non-winter depression and augment antidepressants. Learn which lightboxes work, how to use them, and a new light therapy protocol for bipolar depression.
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Does Light Therapy Work for Non-Seasonal Depression?

April 11, 2016
Bret A. Moore, PsyD, ABPP
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Four Newer Antidepressants: Should You Use Them?

April 1, 2016
Steve Balt, MD and Talia Puzantian, PharmD, BCPP
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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BaltSteve Balt, MD Research fellow, Addiction Pharmacology Research Laboratory, California Pacific Medical Center Dr. Balt discloses that his spouse is employed as a sales representative for Bristol Myers Squibb.       Talia PuzantianTalia Puzantian, PharmD, BCPP Clinical psychopharmacology consultant in private practice, Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Puzantian has disclosed that she has no relevant relationships or financial interests in any commercial company pertaining to this educational activity.
Since 2011, 3 new antidepressants have been approved by the FDA, and another (ketamine) has been generating buzz as a potential off-label medication for depression. In this article, we’ll take a step back and review the data on vilazodone (Viibryd), levomilnacipran (Fetzima), vortioxetine (Brintellix), and ketamine.
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Thinking Creatively About Treatment-Resistant Depression

April 1, 2016
J. Alexander Bodkin, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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BodkinphotoJ. Alexander Bodkin, MD Director of the Clinical Psychopharmacology Research Program at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA; assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School Dr. Bodkin has disclosed that he has been a principal investigator in a study of brexpiprazole. Dr. Carlat has reviewed his interview and has found no evidence of bias in this educational activity.
Dr. Bodkin discusses methods for approaching treatment resistant depression and his perspective on depressive illness as a final common pathway for a number of different brain problems.
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Does Light Therapy Work for Non-Seasonal Depression?

April 1, 2016
Bret A. Moore, PsyD, ABPP
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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bret-a-moore-psyd-abppBret A. Moore, PsyD, ABPP Board-Certified Clinical Psychologist, San Antonio, TX Dr. Moore has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Many studies have shown that light therapy works for seasonal affective disorder, but does it work for non-seasonal major depression? That’s less clear. Systematic reviews have yielded inconclusive results, in part because prior studies have had methodological weaknesses. A new study with a robust design was just published.
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Sunshine Linked to Suicide Rates

October 1, 2014
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Sunshine and other forms of bright light are considered to be helpful for depressed patients. Patients with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) feel better as the days lengthen, and bright light therapy is effective for the depression in patients with and without SAD. However, seasonal studies of suicide have found that the prevalence is highest in the spring, which is counterintuitive if we consider light to be an antidepressant.
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Light Therapy and Other Treatments for SAD

December 11, 2013
Jay Coburn, MA, MS
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A Primer on Seasonal Affective Disorder

December 11, 2013
Jessica E. Zoltani, MD
In his memoir, A Moveable Feast, the author Ernest Hemingway reflects on the sadness of the winter season:“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery...
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