Morning versus evening bright light treatment of late luteal phase dysphoric disorder
- 1 September 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 146 (9) , 1215-1217
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.146.9.1215
Abstract
Six women wiht late luteal phase dysphoric disorder had a significant reduction in depression ratings after treatment with evening, but not morning, bright light. Bright light may offer an alternative to the pharmacologic treatment of premenstrual mood disorders.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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