Can transcranial brain-targeted bright light treatment via ear canals be effective in relieving symptoms in seasonal affective disorder? - A pilot study

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 511-515

  Timonen, Markku ^a   Nissilä, Juuso ^a,b   Liettu, Anu ^a   Jokelainen, Jari ^a,c   Jurvelin, Heidi ^a,b   Aunio, Antti ^b   Räsänen, Pirkko ^a,c   Takala, Timo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Valkee Ltd   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d OULU DEACONESS INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRIGHT LIGHT THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN; FINLAND; HUMANS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84858158935     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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