Abstract
Previous research has indicated that exposure to bright fluorescent light can benefit clinically depressed individuals. The present study, a 1-to 2-week open trial of bright (⩾2,000 lux) incandescent light with seasonal (fall/winter) and nonseasonal depressives, produced a therapeutic effect on seasonal depression, as measured by three criteria for recovery: final score on the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD)<10; final HRSD score⩽50% of pretreatment HRSD score; no longer meets DSM-III criteria for major depressive disorder. Phototherapy was not effective in the nonseasonal patients, whose functioning was more impaired than that of the seasonal subjects even before the trial. No adverse effects were observed in any patient.
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