The light room for treatment of a depression

The Novosibirsk scientific research institute of physiology and fundamental medicine (NIIFFM) provided results of work of the Russia's first light room which opened in 2015 in November, 2017. In particular, within a year in the premises equipped with light solutions of Philips the research on efficiency of treatment of depressions was conducted. The scientific method combined a dream deprivation with a svetoterapiya. As a result patients noticed improvement of mood after the first session, and upon completion of a rate noted more vigorous status of spirit and the general increase in a tone of an organism.

The light room (the light is turned on)

For each patient the research took place within ten days, all 22 persons with a nonseasonal depression took part in it. One group of patients passed a session wearing spectacles with the pink glasses which are doing not pass a blue-green part of a range, and another – wearing spectacles with neutral glasses. During the research of participants three times every other day awakened in 4 mornings and then suggested to undergo the procedure of a svetoterapiya. In other three days participants woke up at 7 in the morning and were in the light room within an hour. During therapy light of the increasing intensity from 600 to 2,800 luxury with a certain range was used. For comparison: usual to our eye sunlight brighter several times and exceeds 10,000 luxury. During the procedure it was possible to read quietly the book, to be engaged in another matters.

The light room (the light is turned off)

As a result of procedures considerable decrease in level of a depression was mentioned: after the first session patients of group with neutral points noticed improvement of mood. Upon completion of a rate most of participants in both groups began to feel more vigorously and noted increase in a tone in general. It allowed to draw a conclusion that the partial sleep deprivation in a combination with correctly picked up light has anti-depressive effect from the first day of therapy.

"The light room in which we conducted a research is the unique medical solution which really helps patients will cope with a depression. In the short term we are not going to change technology of performing therapy or to somehow change equipment of the room, – Konstantin Danilenko, the doctor of medical sciences, the chief researcher of NIIFFM commented on work results. – In the future we are going to expand a scope of the light room: it can be used for treatment not only a depression, but also some forms of infertility, in complex correction of excess body weight".

"Researches showed that for maintenance of health it is important to person to adhere to the natural 24-hour mode of change of lighting – a combination "light darkness", and change of tonality of lighting from a daylight to a cozy evening luminescence is always very important, – Natalia Neverskaya, the head of corporate communications of Philips Lighting in Russia told. – Of course, our company is not a producer of medical solutions, however we are glad that in our portfolio there is a lamp which gives the chance to change the lighting modes, promoting a tonization and a relaxation of an organism. The lamp of Philips SceneSwitch allows to change color temperature in the room: the cold daylight helps to be focused and see everything in the maximum detailing, and warm this world creates the cozy and weakened atmosphere for rest".