Controlled trial of bright light and negative air ions for chronic depression

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 945-955

  Goel, Namni ^a,b   Terman, Michael ^b,c   Terman, Jiuan Su ^b   Macchi, Mariana M ^b,c   Stewart, Jonathan W ^b,c  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MELATONIN; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BRIGHT LIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEGATIVE AIR ION THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22544470316     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291705005027     Document Type: Article

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