U.S. News on SAD
Under the heading “Is Seasonal Affective Disorder Different From Depression? Normal Rosenthal explains about Seasonal Affective Disorder. Find the news: here
New exiting study using light in bipolar disorder
Vicepresident of SLTBR Dorothy Sit, from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, and collegues published exiting new data in American Journal of Psychiatry: abstract Adjunctive Bright Light Therapy for Bipolar Depression: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial Dorothy K. Sit, M.D., James McGowan, B.A., Christopher Wiltrout, B.S., Rasim Somer Diler, M.D., John (Jesse) Dills, M.L.S., […]
Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine 2017 goes to Chronobiology!
Please find more information here
Daylight Academy on SLTBR meeting in Berlin 2017
Daylight Academy writes on the SLTBR meeting in Berlin 2017: click here
Science from SLTBR Berlin 2017 reported in the New Scientist
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Scientific Program Berlin 2017
Scientific program
Social event to Humboldt Forum – guided tour
Social event: Thursday, June 22, 15:00-17:00 Museum Tour: Museumsinsel, Humboldt Forum, Masterplan: Berlin’s Cultural Heart in Transition, guided tour with Dr. Martin Maischberger Registration necessary (please register before June 20th by writing an email to: info@groupadvance.com)
Invited symposium speakers (with short bio and picture)
Invited symposium speakers ( with short bio and pictures)
Entrainment of bipolar mood cycles by lunar cycles
Image by eso.org. A new study by T. Wehr found some evidence that lunar cycles can entrain mood cycles in patients with bipolar depression. Dr. Wehr found in some patients similar periodicities in their mood cycles which were synchronous with multiples of bi-weekly lunar tidal cycles: T A Wehr; Bipolar mood cycles and lunar tidal cycles […]
Blue-blocking glasses as additive treatment for mania – new study
New study on the effect of blue-blocking glasses as additive treatment for mania: Henriksen TE, Skrede S, Fasmer OB, Schoeyen H, Leskauskaite I, Bjørke-Bertheussen J, Assmus J, Hamre B, Grønli J, Lund A. Blue-blocking glasses as additive treatment for mania: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Bipolar Disord. 2016 May;18(3):221-32. doi: 10.1111/bdi.12390. PubMed PMID: 27226262; PubMed Central […]