5 Topic Commentaries

Let The Light In

Let The Light In

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  Matthew V. Rudorfer, MD

  Psychiatry

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  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health

  Light therapy is meant to replace the missing daylight hours with an artificial substitute,

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  Teodor T. Postolache, MD

  Psychiatry

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  University of Maryland School of Medicine

  Our research has found that patients report an improvement in depression scores after even the first administration of light,

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  Susan Kersey, DNP, PMHCNS, PMHNP-BC

  Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing

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  Purdue University School of Nursing

  Get exposure to the light and fresh air.

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  Dawn Marie R. Davis, MD

  Dermatology

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  Mayo Clinic

  Every color of the rainbow has a different wavelength of light,

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  Jamie M. Zeitzer, PhD

  Sleep Medicine (Circadian Biology)

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  Stanford University School of Medicine

  Get bright light exposure when your flight lands and stay awake all day, even if you didn’t get a good night of sleep,

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