Morning vs evening light treatment of patients with winter depression

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 890-896

  Lewy, Alfred J ^a   Bauer, Vance K ^a   Cutler, Neil L ^a   Sack, Robert L ^a   Ahmed, Saeeduddin ^a,b   Thomas, Katherine H ^a   Blood, Mary L ^a   Jackson, Jeanne M Latham ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; REMISSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP TIME; TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031718444     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.55.10.890     Document Type: Article

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