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Published on: 10/12/2008
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"Both treatment options produced positive results - an improvement in the patient's condition in 67 per cent of the cases - however the light therapy showed some advantages over the antidepressant fluoxetine," says Dr. Anthony Levitt, co-author of the study and Chief of Psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre."The light therapy worked faster, having a greater effect at one week's time, and it also produced less agitation, less sleep disturbance and less palpitations.The overall dropout rate however, including those due to side effects, did not differ between treatments," says Dr. Levitt, who is also a Professor at the University of Toronto.
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"We have studied the population of Ontario and consistently find prevalence rates of seasonal depression of approximately 2.7 per cent," says Dr Levitt.