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Psychotherapy Beats Light Treatment for SAD
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 "I absolutely agree with this study," said Susan Zafarlotfi, clinical director of the Institute for Sleep/Wake Disorders at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey. "I find CBT more effective in general for depression. Behavioral therapy is resetting a person's thoughts. In CBT, you take all of the aspects of a person's thoughts and you rewrite the dictionary in a different way."
"But don't minimize the power of light therapy," Zafarlotfi warned. "It can be useful."
Rohan is now following a larger sample of patients over two winters.
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There's more on SAD at the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
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Last updated 10/29/2009
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SOURCES: Kelly J. Rohan, Ph.D., associate professor, psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington;
Susan Zafarlotfi, Ph.D., clinical director, Institute for Sleep/Wake Disorders, Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey; September 2009, Behavior Therapy
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