Further Information & Links

 

Light therapy

  • The Society for Light Treatment (SLTBR) is the specialist research group in this field and holds an annual conference to highlight the most important new research findings. The public areas of the website contain lots of detailed articles on circadian rhythms, melatonin, SAD and sleep.

Circadian rhythms

  • Rhythms of Life: The biological clocks that control the daily lives of every living thing by Russell Foster and Leon Kreitzman is an up-to-date overview of the whole field by two of the leading researchers. Well-reviewed in Nature and New Scientist.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

  • The best book for SAD, and very readable, is Winter Blues: SAD and how to overcome it by Dr Norman Rosenthal, who first described the condition and looked at light therapy as a treatment. www.normanrosenthal.com
  • SADA (Seasonal Affective Disorder Association) is the national charity and patient support group for the UK. SADA recommend our lights.
  • An SAD sufferer's blog: http://dawn.typepad.com/
  • Information from the NHS www.nhs.uk

SAD support groups

Sleep

  • A particularly good website about DSPS (Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome) written by a sufferer. www.geocities.com/delayed_sleep
  • The National Sleep Foundation is a great site with loads of information on disorders and tools and quizzes that tell you how to sleep better. www.sleepfoundation.org
  • Meditainment is a leading creator of relaxation, sleep and well-being audio content. They supplied the sleep and wake-up sounds for Bodyclock Elite and also provide in-flight meditation for Virgin Atlantic, Quantas and other major airlines.   

Depression

  • Expert Consensus Guidelines is a US site primarily for health professionals that pulls together all the research and provides authoritative, practical advice. There are a number of useful 'guides for patients and families' including one for bi-polar disorder and depression. www.psychguides.com/pfg.php
  • Two of the main UK charities in this area: www.depressionalliance.org and www.mind.org.uk
  • Healing without Freud or Prozac by David Servan-Schreiber. This was first published in France (he's French and is now Professor of Psychiatry at University of Pittsburgh, USA) where it became a huge best-seller. It looks at treating depression with omega-3 fatty acids, exercise, dawn simulation and other methods resisted by some professionals. www.instincttoheal.org

Altzheimer's disease

  • Expert Consensus Guidelines is a US site primarily for health professionals that pulls together all the research and provides authoritative, practical advice. There are a number of useful 'guides for patients and families' including one on dementia and behavioural disturbances. www.psychguides.com/pfg.php


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