Light Therapy An Alternative Therapy for Treating Depression
Has there been any development in research using new ways of alternative treatments for the different types of depression? It has been said that over the last few years, many cases of depression and SAD, seasonal affective disorder, have been treated, with alternative medicines and therapies. In the course of looking for a cure to this, a new alternative treatment has been brought to existence to address the issue on the aforementioned disorder.
Light Therapy is the latest among the alternative treatments for depression. Light Box Therapy is one of the several types of light therapy products being used in the treatment of depression. Light Therapy or light treatment use ‘light boxes’. 10,000 lux of artificial light are provided by these light boxes. Light Therapy, which is also referred to as phototherapy, usually consists of exposure to particular wavelengths of light depending how much is being prescribed for a certain amount of time.
People who experience seasonal affective disorder have found the Light Therapy treatment to be effective. Winter depression or winter blues, is what this form of mood disorder is usually known as. During the winter season this type of depression can be experienced by the patient repeatedly. The feeling of depression can be experienced year after year. Also, light boxes were proven to help other types of depression as well, apart from seasonal affective disorder.
The good thing about light boxes is that they do not cause skin damage compared to a variety of light therapies, such as those that make use of ultraviolet light. Prolonged exposure from ultraviolet light is known to damage the skin. Blue Light Treatment is somehow associated with light box treatment, although compared to blue light, the light box gives a quicker therapeutic response to the individual who uses it. On the other hand, using Blue Light Therapy to treat depression could be as responsive as using light boxes on younger patients Blue Light Therapy to treat depression could be as responsive as using light boxes or light box therapy on younger patients.
Extensive disorders such as SAD and depression may take up to three weeks for any results to show, using any form of Light Therapy.
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