An open trial of light therapy in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1527-1535

  Rybak, Yuri E ^a,b   McNeely, Heather E ^a   Mackenzie, Bronwyn E ^a   Jain, Umesh R ^a   Levitan, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTUMN; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WINTER;

EID: 33751253434     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v67n1006     Document Type: Article

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