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Light Boxes Help Lift the Winter Blues

By John M Grohol PsyD
January 12, 2005

Light Boxes Help Lift the Winter Blues

“Bright light treatment is definitely the treatment of choice for SAD,” said lead researcher Randall Flory, a professor of psychology at Hollins University, in Roanoke, Va. Flory’s study, presented at a recent meeting of the American Psychological Society, also found that room air ionizers — which increase levels of negatively charged particles circulating in air — can help ease the symptoms of SAD.


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