Actionsets help people take an active role in managing a health condition.  Using light therapy at home to treat seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

References

Citations

  1. Dubovsky SL, et al. (2003). Mood disorders. In RE Hales, SC Yudofsky, eds., American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry, 4th ed., pp. 439–512. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.

  2. Lewy AJ, et al. (1998). Morning versus evening light treatment of patients with winter depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 55(10): 890–896.



Author: Douglas Dana
Sabra L. Katz-Wise
Last Updated: November 1, 2006
Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
Tom Bailey, MD - Family Medicine
Alfred Lewy, MD, PhD - Neurology, Psychiatry

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