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Does lack of light cause Depression

This article explores the connection between light deprivation and depression, specifically focusing on Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). It discusses how lack of sunlight can lead to abnormal behaviors, increased risky activities, and worsened mental health. The effects of light on brain chemicals like serotonin and dopamine are examined. Furthermore, light therapy as a treatment for SAD is described, including its method and potential side effects. The piece also highlights the seasonal aspects of depression and its broader implications on various mental health disorders.

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Does lack of light cause Depression

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  1. Does lack of light cause Depression George Johnson V

  2. Depression • Occurs people of different ages, races, and genders. • Cause the person to behave abnormally.

  3. Effects of depression • Increases the chance of risky behaviors. • Drugs • Alcohol • Ruin relationships • Cause problems at work • Make it difficult to overcome serious illnesses

  4. Seasonal Affective Disorder • This is a type of depression. • It’s root cause may be insensitivity to light. • Most people with SAD are mostly affected during the winter.

  5. The lack of natural light causes light insensitivity which disrupts the brains process. • This effects the chemicals serotonin and dopamine, which influence mood.

  6. Light Therapy • People with SAD can go thru treatments to help ease depression called light therapy. • Light therapy involves you sitting in front of a special type of light for thirty morning. • Light therapy uses a special light of 10,000 lux, which has to enter thru your eyes.

  7. Light Therapy (Continued) • Skin exposure hasn’t been proven effective. • Some people feel better after one treatment.

  8. Effects of Light Therapy • Evidence has proven that light therapy can trigger manic episodes in the vulnerable. • Some drugs or herbs you take may cause you to be sensitive to light. • Rashes can result from the light treatment. • Anxiety, jitteriness, headaches, early awakening, or eyestrain can occur.

  9. Manic Episodes

  10. Facts • The symptoms of SAD leave with the return of longer sunlight. • People’s body rhythms are thrown off with the lack of sunlight.

  11. More Facts • The sun’s movement throughout the year causes natural biochemicalchanges in our circadian rhythms. • Lack of sunlight can cause those with pms, alcoholism, bulimia nervosa, panic disorders, and Bi-Polar disorderto suffer greater levels of stress and increasedincidence of symptoms.

  12. Works Cited • "Depression Symptoms & Warning Signs." : Recognize Depression Symptoms & Get Help. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2014.

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