Saunen sind die nächste Herausforderung im Kampf gegen Depressionen
https://www.wired.com/story/sauna-heat-therapy-depression-cbt-mental-health-trial/
Saunen sind die nächste Herausforderung im Kampf gegen Depressionen
https://www.wired.com/story/sauna-heat-therapy-depression-cbt-mental-health-trial/
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By Max G. Levy
Researchers have since noticed that when someone’s depression improves, their body temperature regularizes, “no matter how their depression got better—electroconvulsive therapy, psychotherapy, antidepressants, whatever,” says Ashley Mason, a clinical psychologist at the UC San Francisco Osher Center for Integrative Health. This got Mason thinking: If the two are linked, what happens to a depressed person’s symptoms if you provoke a change in their temperature?
Preliminary results of the small study, [published Tuesday](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02656736.2024.2351459) in the International Journal of Hyperthermia, suggest that a form of heat treatment that Mason’s team calls “whole body hyperthermia” may reduce depression symptoms—potentially significantly.
Read the full story: [https://www.wired.com/story/sauna-heat-therapy-depression-cbt-mental-health-trial/](https://www.wired.com/story/sauna-heat-therapy-depression-cbt-mental-health-trial/)
That is one reason i go to sauna twice a week, my mental health is in a better place.
My club has a steam room .. thing blasts!
Me and the regulars with some good discussions
All in all a valued 40mins/week
They are all over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I need to get one at home.