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Wikipedia: Light therapy

Encyclopedia article on therapeutic bright light (lux bands, light boxes, seasonal affective disorder)—tertiary navigation paired with morning-light and circadian RCT sources in this database.

Scope

Centers clinical / wellness phototherapy: 10,000-lux-class devices, seasonal affective disorder, and circadian rhythm sleep disorders as commonly discussed indications.

Evidence discipline

Use for definitions, device-class vocabulary, and outbound citations—not as a substitute for PubMed morning-light trials (e.g. García‑Alcázar 2022 and cohort light papers) linked from Morning light therapy and Circadian-timed light.

Distinct from evening hygiene

Evening light hygiene here focuses on reducing photopic load and short-wavelength exposure; this Wikipedia page emphasizes adding scheduled bright light—same photoreceptor biology, different intervention vector.

Outcomes

  • Sleep Onset Latency
    Tertiary overview of bright-light treatment indications and conventions; quantitative sleep-onset or depression outcomes require primary trials linked from morning-light and circadian protocol pages.
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