Talk:Darkness therapy
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Dark(ness) Therapy is an interesting treatment for bipolar disorder and naively called manic-depression (with rapid cycling). Citation is listed on the National Institute of Health (NCBI): [1]
It works for cells involved with the day and night cycle in a 24 hour period (worthy of mention that some scientists believe we have a 25 hour cycle), and is created within our hypothalamus. Many people can maintain this cycle daily in total isolation of any watch and/or source of light. This study used for their patient's a period from 6PM until 8AM. Treatment began within two weeks of their patient's mania and the results were very interesting.
I've found it extremely useful for my disorder -- I don't have any side-effects. For more details also see Jim Phelps, M.D. He has his own web page, and has interestingly used Prozac in the past for his clinical depression: [2]
Reference: Dark therapy for mania: a pilot study. Bipolar Disord. 2005 Feb;7(1):98-101. PMID: 15654938 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
"Dark therapy for mania: a pilot study." Bipolar Disorders Volume 7 Page 98 - February 2005 doi:10.1111/j.1399-5618.2004.00166.x Volume 7 Issue 1
Phathom 04:17, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] New Entry
Just to let you know I've created Dark Therapy on Wiki without the 'ness ending for anyone to see.
Phathom 01:41, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Redirect to Dark Therapy
This article is a mess. Completely uncited (and close to being unsourced), outrageously POV and unencyclopedic in style, written like an essay, and not well-formatted. Much of it looks like OR or...something. In any case, frankly, my opinion is that it's essentially unsalvageable, and given that Dark Therapy already exists now, should simply be redirected there. Although Dark Therapy is in pretty bad shape too, but nothing like this. What do other people think? --Miskwito 20:32, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Don't redirect, delete both
The preceding critique applies to both pseudo-articles. Jclerman 08:56, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
- I'm leaning toward agreement with you. If neither is substantially improved soon one of us can put them both up for deletion at AFD --Miskwito 22:16, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
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- I was hoping AFD = April Fools Day. There are not very many other interesting acronyms for that term. I have no quibbles with this article, but I'd actually enjoy having this article re-directed to Dark Therapy. The information regarding this treatment is increasing which is mainly associated with bipolar disorder, you should not delete it for fear of being called discriminatory. I mean that, the article makes citations, and I have Jclerman to thank for the exceedingly long talk page, and nothing at all to add to the article. If he thinks there are studies to show that dark therapy is harmful he should show them already. If he had nothing to add the the article, he only waits like a snake for the next its (it's) misspelling to be more of an ass.--Phathom 07:15, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
