Natural bright light exposure in the summer and winter in subjects with and without complaints of seasonal mood variations

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 622-628

  Guillemette, Josée ^a,b   Hébert, Marc ^a   Paquet, Jean ^a   Dumont, Marie ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Light; Seasonal affective disorder; Seasonal rhythms; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MOOD; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0032192380     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00543-X     Document Type: Article

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