Side effects of adjunct light therapy in patients with major depression

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 247, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 252-258

  Müller, Matthias J ^a,b   Seifritz, Erich ^a   Hatzinger, Martin ^a   Hemmeter, Ulrich ^a   Holsboer Trachsler, Edith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adjunct therapy; Bright light therapy; Major depression; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIMIPRAMINE;

ADULT; AGITATION; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESSNESS; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; STOMACH PAIN; SWEATING; VERTIGO; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0030667108     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02900303     Document Type: Article

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