Improvement in depression scores after 1 hour of light therapy treatment in patients with seasonal affective disorder

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-55

  Reeves, Gloria M ^a   Nijjar, Gagan Virk ^a,b   Langenberg, Patricia ^a   Johnson, Mary A ^a   Khabazghazvini, Baharak ^a   Sleemi, Aamar ^a,b   Vaswani, Dipika ^a   Lapidus, Manana ^a   Manalai, Partam ^a,b   Tariq, Muhammad ^a,b   Acharya, Monika ^a,b   Cabassa, Johanna ^a   Snitker, Soren ^a   Postolache, Teodor T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St Elizabeths Hospital   (United States)

^c National Center for the Treatment of Phobias   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; Light therapy; seasonal affective disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PLACEBO EFFECT; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RED LIGHT; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SELF REPORT; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; AFFECT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PLACEBO EFFECT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855327010     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31823e56ca     Document Type: Article

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