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A clinical trial suggests that bright light therapy could help treat symptoms of major depression in older adults. The trial looked at close to 90 adults aged 60 or over who had been diagnosed with clinical depression.
About half of the patients were randomly assigned to bright light therapy for three weeks. This involved spending an hour each morning with the same kind of light-therapy box as that used for treating seasonal affective disorder.