From the February 2018 issue of Massachusetts General Hospital's Mind, Mood, & Memory (MMM)
Near-Infrared Light Therapy Shines as Possible Depression Treatment
Massachusetts General Hospital research suggests that this painless therapy may help with traumatic brain injury, too.
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Exposure to a light that isn’t visible to the naked eye may be the next breakthrough treatment for depression. Massachusetts General Hospital psychiatrist Paolo Cassano, MD, PhD, and other researchers at MGH and elsewhere, are seeing encouraging results in studies of near-infrared light—the light closest on the spectrum to visible light. In this new type […]