Depression is in the spotlight among employers because it is common and its economic impact is w ell documented both in terms of disability and its costs in lost productivity. Wayne Burton, MD, SVP and Corporate Medical Director Bank One. Depresssion is a primary cause of drug and alcohol use and addiction. Treating depression reduces the probability of drug and alcohol involvement plus all the workplace risks, absenteeism, lost productivity and other costs associated with these social ills. Depression is one of those untreated conditions that can give employers a quick payback if their depressed workers get treated according to Ron C. Kessler, PhD, a professor in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School.
Light is as effective as antidepressant medications, perhaps more so.
Light may produce antidepressant benefits within one week, in contrast to psychopharmacological treatments which typically take several weeks. Daniel Kripke, MD, Director Circadian Pacemaker Laboratory, University of California San Diego. OLS s primary focus is the study of light and its effects on human health and behavior. The commercial wellness application of our research is called phototherapy. The patent pending IntelliLite is a major breakthrough in lighting design and technology.