Bright light therapy decreases winter binge frequency in women with bulimia nervosa: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 442-448

  Braun, Devra L ^b   Sunday, Suzanne R ^b   Fornari, Victor M ^b   Halmi, Katherine A ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MOOD; PHOTOTHERAPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

EID: 0032694078     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-440X(99)90088-3     Document Type: Article

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