Do SAD Lamps Actually Work?
SAD lamps work — if you use them the right way
Light therapy, or phototherapy, was prevalent long before seasonal affective disorder was considered an actual affliction. Light boxes, or light therapy lamps, have become increasingly popular in recent years, especially in the US, and even among people who haven’t been officially diagnosed with SAD. Sharkey, the Brown University psychiatrist, said light therapy can be a very effective treatment for patients who have been diagnosed with SAD, adding that Hattar’s and Sanes’s respective studies were a huge breakthrough in understanding how SAD works.
Source: www.vox.com