What color LED for Human Thearapy

[toussi1]

What color LED light is best for creation of sunlight type light for depression?

 

[Photon Joe]

I am not sure about LED's But those lights used for growing indoor gardens should be the closest thing to sunlight.
I don't know where to get the lights, but there are ads run all the time on TV for the gardens, so they probably sell the bulbs too.

 

[Glowman]

What's depression? Din't know lights had something to do with depression. Or depression as in dent???

 

[1 what]

Light therapy is a proposed treatment for seasonal affective disorder. It is also claimed "to help with some cases" of major depression. Most of the commercial units available are blue leds..

 

[BobVA]

I don't know about any medical applications, but this thread on high CRI LED's might be of some interest:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=199054

 

[superflytnt]

For seasonal affective disorder (SAD) they recommend full-spectrum lightboxes something like these http://www.fullspectrumsolutions.com/light_boxes_55_ctg.htm
and they mostly use FS compact flourescents.

Most of these http://www.bluemaxlighting.com/ seem tailored to sad as well

Actually it looks like they're the same prodect LOL

EDIT: I was actually checking these out now and many of their floorstanding and desk/task lamps are upwards of 96 CRI! For $49 you can get a 14W clip-on desk lamp with 800 lumens and a CRI of 94. I might have to get one of these!

 

[kts]

Id recommend a blast of light from the maxabeam, Im sure it would bring a smile on everybodys lips :devil:

 

[m16a]

Id recommend a blast of light from the maxabeam, Im sure it would bring a smile on everybodys lips :devil:

Or fry them and make them sadder because they can't talk

 

[LEDninja]

The name of the disorder is Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD for short.
Most pharmacies sell special full spectrum lights for that.
Most are special full spectrum CFLs $35-$50 but LEDs ~$200 are available.

Google
Seasonal Affective Disorder light therapy

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Here is a link to an LED version
http://www.litebook.com/?s=gaw&kw=sad light

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BTW I don't think the Sundrop is bright enough. Maybe 20 of them.