Bright green light treatment of depression for older adults [ISRCTN69400161]

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Loving, Richard T ^a   Kripke, Daniel F ^a   Knickerbocker, Nancy C ^a   Grandner, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR THERAPY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREEN LIGHT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; LIGHT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MANIA; MOOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RED LIGHT; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WRIST; AGE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; ILLUMINATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HAMILTON SCALE; HOME CARE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINALYSIS; VOLUNTEER; WHITE LIGHT;

MELATONIN; PLACEBO; 6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COLOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PLACEBOS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA;

EID: 27944480878     PISSN: 1471244X     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-5-42     Document Type: Article

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