Low-intensity blue-enriched white light (750 lux) and standard bright light (10 000 lux) are equally effective in treating SAD. A randomized controlled study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Meesters, Ybe ^a   Dekker, Vera ^a   Schlangen, Luc J M ^b   Bos, Elske H ^a   Ruiter, Martine J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS LIGHTING   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOOD; PHOTOTHERAPY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP PARAMETERS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WHITE LIGHT; AMBULATORY CARE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; PHOTONS; PHOTOTHERAPY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251542054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-17     Document Type: Article

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