Controlled trial of safety and efficacy of bright light therapy vs. negative air ions in patients with bipolar depression

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-61

  Dauphinais, Deborah Rozenn ^a   Rosenthal, Joshua Zev ^a   Terman, Michael ^b,c   DiFebo, Holly Marie ^a   Tuggle, Catherine ^a   Rosenthal, Norman Edward ^a  

^a Capital Clinical Research Center   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Clinical trial; Light therapy; Negative air ion generator

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; LITHIUM SALT; VALPROIC ACID; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BRIGHT LIGHT THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HIGH DENSITY NEGATIVE IONIZATION THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; INSOMNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW DENSITY NEGATIVE IONIZATION THERAPY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; NIGHTMARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW GUIDE FOR THE HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE WITH ATYPICAL DEPRESSION SUPPLEMENT; SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT FOR TREATMENT EMERGENT EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE;

ADULT; ANIONS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84860614591     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

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