EFFECTS OF MORNING LIGHT TREATMENT ON SUBJECTIVE SLEEPINESS AND MOOD IN WINTER DEPRESSION

Authors
PARTONEN T
Citation
T. Partonen, EFFECTS OF MORNING LIGHT TREATMENT ON SUBJECTIVE SLEEPINESS AND MOOD IN WINTER DEPRESSION, Journal of affective disorders, 30(1), 1994, pp. 47-56
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Journal of affective disorders → ACNP
ISSN journal
01650327
Volume
30
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
47 - 56
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-0327(1994)30:1<47:EOMLTO>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The effects of morning light treatment on mood, subjective sleepiness and body temperature were investigated with 13 outpatients with winter depression and 13 healthy controls. Bright light for 1 h daily for 2 weeks resulted in a significant reduction in depression ratings and ev ening subjective sleepiness in the patients compared with the healthy controls. Even a short 15-min exposure to light daily produced these c hanges.