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Treatment indications for light therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

S. Kasper and
A. Neumeister
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Light therapy (LT) has become increasingly popular in various countries around the world in the last decade. For instance, according to a recent survey carried out in Germany in 1992, 13% (n = 56) of all German psychiatric hospitals (n = 422) used LT for different treatment indications and another 8% indicated their interest to do so.Among university facilities LT is even more popular, with a percentage of 57%. Although the most frequently used treatment indication for LT is seasonal affective disorder (SAD) or its subsyndromal form (S-SAD) it is apparent that other forms of depression e.g. non-seasonal forms, either acute or chronic are also a target for this new treatment modality. There is a number of studies supporting the use of LT for SAD (for review), however there are just a few studies for non-seasonal depression or for the other treatment indications (for review).

Keywords

Light therapyseasonal affective disordernon-seasonal affective disorderLichtbehandelingwinterdepressieniet-seizoensgebonden depressie

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Research Article
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , June 1995, pp. 44 - 46
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Copyright © Scandinavian College of Neuropsychopharmacology 1995

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