Bright light treatment for high-anxious young adults: A randomized controlled pilot study

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 324-332

  Youngstedt, Shawn D ^a,b   Kline, Christopher E ^a,b,c   Ginsberg, Jay P ^a,b   Zielinski, Mark R ^a,d   Hardin, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WJB Dorn VA Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Blood pressure; Phototherapy; Psychic anxiety; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRIGHTNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MOOD; PHOTOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953753156     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20784     Document Type: Article

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