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Improvement in Depression Scores After 1 Hour of Light Therapy Treatment in Patients With Seasonal Affective Disorder

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Author	Reeves, Gloria M. Nijjar, Gagan Virk Langenberg, Patricia Johnson, Mary A. Khabazghazvini, Baharak Sleemi, Aamar Vaswani, Dipika Lapidus, Manana Manalai, Partam Tariq, Muhammad Acharya, Monika Cabassa, Johanna Snitker, Soren Postolache, Teodor T.
Copyright Year	2012
Description	Journal: The Journal of nervous and mental disease The purpose of this study was to investigate possible rapid effects of light therapy on depressed mood in patients with seasonal affective disorder. Participants received 1 hour of bright light therapy and 1 hour of placebo dim red light in a randomized order crossover design. Depressed mood was measured at baseline and after each hour of light treatment using two self-report depression scales (Profile of Mood States–Depression-Dejection [POMS-D] subscale and the Beck Depression Inventory II [BDI-II]). When light effects were grouped for the two sessions, there was significantly greater reduction in self-report depression scores by −1.3 (p = 0.02) on the BDI-II and −1.2 (p = 0.02) on the POMS-D. A significant but modest improvement was detected after a single active light session. This is the first study, to our knowledge, to document an immediate improvement with light treatment using a placebo-controlled design with a clinical sample of depressed individuals.
Related Links	http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc5336550?pdf=render https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5336550/pdf
Ending Page	55
Page Count	5
Starting Page	51
ISSN	00223018
e-ISSN	1539736X
DOI	10.1097/nmd.0b013e31823e56ca
Journal	The Journal of nervous and mental disease
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	200
Language	English
Publisher	Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publisher Date	2012-01-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: The Journal of nervous and mental disease Psychiatry and Mental Health Clinical Psychology Light Therapy, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Depression
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Psychiatry and Mental Health

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