Methods for treating psychiatric disorders using light energy
AssigneeJoulesafe, LLC
InventorFredric Schiffer
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Abstract
Methods for treating psychiatric disorders using light energy are disclosed herein. A method for treating psychiatric disorders using light energy includes determining which hemisphere of the brain requires treatment using lateral visual field stimulation (LVFS) and applying light energy to the hemisphere of the brain to treat the psychiatric disorder other than depression. In an embodiment, light energy may include near infrared light (NIR). The methods of the present disclosure may be used to treat a variety of psychiatric disorders. In an embodiment, the methods may be used to treat a psychiatric disorder co-morbid with depression.
Claims7
A method for enhancing positive outlook of a person with hemispheric asymmetry comprising
- identifying a person with a deficient positive outlook in need of enhancement;
- measuring a left hemispheric emotional valence for a left hemisphere of a brain of the person and a right hemispheric emotional valence for a right hemisphere of the brain of the person to identify hemispheric asymmetry;
- determining which hemisphere of the brain of the person with hemispheric asymmetry has a more positive valence, and which hemisphere of the brain has a more negative valence;
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- transcranially applying light energy having a wavelength of between 300 nm to 1500 nm and a power density at the scalp of up to 320 mW/cm2 to the brain of said person with the deficient positive outlook with hemispheric asymmetry, wherein the light energy is transcranially applied to the lateral forehead to activate the underlying cortex of the brain hemisphere with a more positive valence for a period of at least four minutes,
- such that the positive outlook of the person is enhanced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.