Prophylactic treatment of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) by using light visors: Bright white or infrared light?

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-246

  Meesters, Ybe ^a   Beersma, Domien G M ^b   Bouhuys, Antoinette L ^b   Van Den Hoofdakker, Rutger H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Light treatment; Light visor; Prophylactic treatment; Seasonal affective disorder

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WINTER;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

EID: 0033064691     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00252-2     Document Type: Article

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