The effects of low-intensity narrow-band blue-light treatment compared to bright white-light treatment in sub-syndromal seasonal affective disorder

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Meesters, Ybe ^a   Winthorst, Wim H ^a   Duijzer, Wianne B ^a   Hommes, Vanja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Light treatment; Narrow band blue light; Sub SAD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; BROAD WAVELENGTH WHITE LIGHT WITHOUT ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW INTENSITY NARROW BAND BLUE LIGHT THERAPY; MALE; MOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; WHITE LIGHT; AFFECT; DEVICES; LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; RADIATION RESPONSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP STAGE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SLEEP STAGES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84958165354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0729-5     Document Type: Article

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