Effects of bright light on resting metabolic rate in patients with seasonal affective disorder and control subjects

1990 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 989-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Gaist ◽  
Eva Obarzanek ◽  
Robert G. Skwerer ◽  
Connie C. Duncan ◽  
Patricia M. Shultz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Affective Disorder ◽  
Seasonal Affective Disorder ◽  
Resting Metabolic Rate ◽  
Bright Light ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
And Control

Behavioral responses to intravenous meta-chlorophenyl- piperazine in patients with seasonal affective disorder and control subjects before and after phototherapy

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick M. Jacobsen ◽  
Edward A. Mueller ◽  
Norman E. Rosenthal ◽  
Susan Rogers ◽  
James L. Hill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Affective Disorder ◽  
Seasonal Affective Disorder ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Before And After ◽  
And Control

Antidepressant-like effect of bright light is potentiated by l-serine administration in a mouse model of seasonal affective disorder

2015 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
pp. 25-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Misato Kawai ◽  
Ryosei Goda ◽  
Tsuyoshi Otsuka ◽  
Ayaka Iwamoto ◽  
Nobuo Uotsu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mouse Model ◽  
Affective Disorder ◽  
Seasonal Affective Disorder ◽  
Bright Light

Will light brighten the future of the depressed patient?

1997 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.H. Van Den Hoofdakker ◽  
M.C.M. Gordijn
Keyword(s):  
Affective Disorder ◽  
Seasonal Affective Disorder ◽  
Seasonal Pattern ◽  
Bright Light ◽  
Light Treatment ◽  
Psychosocial Variable ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Treatment Experiment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Therapeutic Possibilities

The present explosive growth of interest in the therapeutic possibilities of exposure to light was triggered by a patient, Herbert Kern. He suffered from episodic depressive and manic complaints and discovered, by registering these over the years, a seasonal pattern in their occurrence. Discussions with scientists of the NIMH resulted in his participation in a bright light-treatment experiment when he was depressed in the winter of 1980-1981. He recovered.Next, the same group of investigators defined the criteria for a new syndrome, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): a history of major affective disorder (according to the Research Diagnostic Criteria), at least two consecutive years in which the depressions have occurred during fall or winter and remitted in the following spring or summer, and the absence of any clear-cut seasonally changing psychosocial variable, such as work, stress and so on.

Treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder with Light in the Evening

1985 ◽  
Vol 147 (4) ◽  
pp. 424-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven P. James ◽  
Thomas A. Wehr ◽  
David A. Sack ◽  
Barbara L. Parry ◽  
Norman E. Rosenthal
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Deprivation ◽  
Affective Disorder ◽  
Seasonal Affective Disorder ◽  
Bright Light ◽  
Early Morning ◽  
Antidepressant Effect ◽  
Comparison Study ◽  
Female Patients ◽  
Dim Light ◽  
Effect Of Light

A cross-over comparison study of exposure, in the evenings only, to bright versus dim light was carried out on nine female patients with seasonal affective disorder. A significant antidepressant effect of the bright lights was shown. No consistent observable effects were produced by the dim lights. These results support earlier studies demonstrating the efficacy of bright light given morning and evening. The antidepressant effect of light is not mediated by sleep deprivation, and the early morning hours are not crucial for a response.

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