The psychiatry of light

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 188-194

  Schwartz, Richard S ^a   Olds, Jacqueline ^b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

chronotherapy; circadian rhythm; mood disorders; phototherapy; seasonal affective disorder

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ADVERTIZING; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BRIGHT LIGHT THERAPY; CATARACT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DARKNESS; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EYE PROTECTION; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; FUNDING; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MANIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHIATRIST; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REMISSION; REVIEW; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUICIDE; SUNGLASSES; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEMENTIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; PERIODICITY; PROCEDURES;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; PHOTOTHERAPY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

EID: 84929412678     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000078     Document Type: Review

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