<story><title>The relationship between our moods and sunlight</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/is-the-dark-really-making-me-sad/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>SamBam</author><text>I was impressed by this part:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; In recent years, light therapy has experienced something of a backlash in Sweden, and Malmö’s clinic is one of only a handful that remain. In part, this was a response to a 2007 study by the Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, which reviewed the available evidence and concluded that “although treatment in light therapy rooms is well established in Sweden, no satisfactory, controlled studies have been published on the subject.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;My first thought was &amp;quot;Wow, a whole country that reacts to scientific articles and statements about the lack of controlled studies.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;(Of course, the article goes on to say that light therapy shouldn&amp;#x27;t really be discredited yet, as controlled studies are hard.)</text></comment>
<story><title>The relationship between our moods and sunlight</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/is-the-dark-really-making-me-sad/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Zaheer</author><text>The most depressing thing is leaving work after its dark. The brief amount of sunshine in the morning is not nearly enough in a day.</text></comment>