Research has suggested that exposure to bright light may play a key role in helping those who suffer from SAD maintain healthy lives.
Research is ongoing in many areas of the globe and the treatment results are promising.
This page will provide information about the general symptoms and treatment of SAD, as well as research currently being done on the topic. She also provides some background information on the discovery of the disorder. Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D. mapped the depression of a group of depressed people for a year. He found that many of the people in the group started to become depressed in the fall. Their depression worsened through the winter, and seemed to decrease in the spring.