Light therapy for nonseasonal major depressive disorder?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 486-488

  Eniola, Kehinde ^a   Bacigalupo, Angela ^a   Mounsey, Anne ^b  

^a Moses Cone Family Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; PLACEBO; SERTRALINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; FOLLOW UP; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MONOTHERAPY; NONSEASONAL MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; PHOTOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WINTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; PHOTOTHERAPY; SEASONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84978923080     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: 15337294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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