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Seasonal Affective Disorder: Some Ways to Combat Those Winter Blues

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Seasonal Affective Disorder: Some Ways to Combat Those Winter Blues
Yes, it’s that time of year again, time for shorter days and longer periods of darkness in our days. Many people get down in the dumps just thinking of it.   If this thought scares you or you have depression like symptoms in the winter months [...]

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Light Therapy, a Light Against Winter Blues and Seasonal Depression

Light Therapy, a Light Against Winter Blues and Seasonal Depression
In winter, for a number of people, they have a low morale.  The light in the summer is a long way off with the days that are getting shorter seasonal depression aswell [...]

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SAD Desk Lamp reviews and ratings – What sad Lamp is best to overcome Depression?

SAD Desk Lamp reviews and ratings – What sad Lamp is best to overcome Depression?
As the winter months come, it is excellent to know the fact that there is a mental disorder that can affect us all in this season: Seasonal [...]

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Seasonal Depression and Light Therapy

Seasonal Depression and Light Therapy
At the beginning of the 1980’s in the United States Professor Rosenthal learned the benefits of light therapy lamps.  At first they were used in cases of seasonal depression also called SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder).  Light therapy is today practised in a number of hospitals a number of pathologies, but mostly [...]

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Alternative Treatments For Depression

Alternative Treatments For Depression
Depression is a problem that affects over 5% of adults each year. While traditional pharmaceutical treatment is available for, many people can treat their depression with alternative treatments. This article discusses several alternative treatments for depression.

Depression is defined as a persistent mental disorder presenting with depressed mood, loss of interest in pleasurable [...]

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SAD in the coldest months of the year. Treating Depression Naturally!

SAD in the coldest months of the year. Treating Depression Naturally!
 

SAD in the coldest months of the year
For many North Americans, winter’s shorter days bring with them a different kind of darkness: seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, which is a type of depression that strikes mostly during the colder months of the year.

While the disorder [...]

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