A controlled study of light therapy in women with late luteal phase dysphoric disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 185-192

  Lam, Raymond W ^a,b   Carter, Diana ^a,c   Misri, Shaila ^a,c   Kuan, Annie J ^a,c   Yatham, Lakshmi N ^a,b   Zis, Athanasios P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Depressive disorders; Phototherapy; Premenstrual; Premenstrual dysphoric disorder; Seasonal affective disorder; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUTEAL INSUFFICIENCY; LUTEAL PHASE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHRONOTHERAPY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032812155     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(99)00043-8     Document Type: Article

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