Experts' opinions

Abstracts

• Short overall view of abstracts

Predictors of light therapy

• Krauchi, K. et al.: High intake of sweets late in the day predicts a rapid and persistent response to light therapy in winter depression. 1993.
• Lam, R. W.: Morning light therapy for winter depression: predictors of response. 1994.
• Oren, D. A. et al.: Predictors of response to phototherapy in seasonal affective disorder. 1992.
• Terman, M. et al.: Predictors of response and nonresponse to light treatment for winter depression. 1996.

Seasonal affective disorder

• Jacobsen, F. M. et al.: Behavioral responses to intravenous meta-chlorophenylpiperazine in patients with seasonal affective disorder and control subjects before and after phototherapy. 1994.
• Lam, R. W. et al.: L-tryptophan Augmentation of Light Therapy in Patients with Seasonal Affective Disorder. 1997.
• Moller, S. E.: Serotonin, carbohydrates, and atypical depression. 1992.
• Partonen, T., Lonnqvist, J.: Prevention of Winter Seasonal Affective Disorder by Bright-Light Treatment. 1996.
• Swedo, S. E. et al.: A Controlled Trial of Light Therapy for the Treatment of Pediatric Seasonal Affective Disorder. 1997.
• Tam, E. M. et al.: Treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder: A Review. 1995.
• Terman, M. et al.: Predictors of Response and Non-Response to Light Treatment for Winter Depression. 1996.

Non-seasonal affective disorder

• Kripke, D. F. et al.: Controlled Trial of Bright Light for Nonseasonal Major Depressive Disorder. 1992.
• Thalen, B. E. et al.: Light Treatment in Seasonal and Nonseasonal Depression. 1995.
• Thalen, B. E. et al.: Melatonin in Light Treatment of Patients with Seasonal and Nonseasonal Depression. 1995.
• Yamada, N. et al.: Clinical and chronobiological effects of Light Therapy on Nonseasonal Affective Disorders. 1995.

Sleep, shift-work and jet-lag syndrome

• Eastman, C. I.: Light Treatment for Sleep Disorders: Consensus Report. VI. Shift Work.
• Hirschfeld, U. et al.: Progressive Elevation of Plasma Thyrotropin During Adaptation to simulated Jet Lag: Effects of Treatment with Bright Light or Zolpidem. 1996.
• Iwata, N. et al.: Effects of bright artificial light on subjective mood of shift work nurses. 1997.
• Mishima, K.: Morning Bright Light Therapy for Sleep and Behavior Disorders in Elderly Patients with Dementia. 1994.
• Neumeister, A.: Bright Light Therapy Stabilizes the Antidepressant Effect of Partial Sleep Deprivation. 1996
• Terman, M. et al.: Light Treatment for Sleep Disorders: Consensus Report. IV. Sleep Phase and Duration Disturbances. 1995.

Premenstrual syndrome

• Menkes, D. B. et al.: Acute tryptophan depletion aggravates premenstrual syndrome. 1994.
• Parry, B. L. et al.: Light Therapy of Late Luteal Phase Disphoric Disorder: An Extended Study. 1993.
• Parry, B. L. et al.: Neuroendocrine Effects of Light Therapy in Late Luteal Phase Disphoric Disorders. 1994.

Obesity

• Bylesjo, E. I. et al.: Obesity Treated with Phototherapy: Four Case Studies. 1996.
• Wallin, M. S., Rissanen, A. M.: Food and Mood: Relationship Between Food, Serotonin and Affective Disorders.1994.

Eating disorders

• Berman, K. et al.: Eating attitudes in seasonal affective disorder and bulimia nervosa. 1993.
• Brewerton, T. D. et al.: Findings from the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire in patients with eating disorders and control subjects: effects of diagnosis and location. 1994.
• Gruber, N. P., Dilsaver, S. C.: Bulimia and Anorexia Nervosa in Winter Depression: Lifetime Rates in a Clinical Sample. 1996.
• Lam, R. W.: Seasonal mood symptoms in bulimia nervosa and seasonal affective disorder. 1991.
• Lam, R. W. et al.: Seasonality of Symptoms in Anorexia and bulimia Nervosa. 1996.
• Lam, R. W. et al.: A Controlled Study of Light Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa. 1994.

More recent symptoms and signs

• Artemenko, A. R., Levin, I. I.: The Phototherapy of Parkinsonism Patients. 1996.
• Gross, F., Gysin, F.: Phototherapy in Psychiatry: Clinical Update and Review of Indications. 1996.
• Hanna, G. L. et al.: Whole blood serotonin and disruptive behaviors in juvenile obsessive-compulsive disorder. 1995.
• Heim, M.: Bright Light Therapy in Schizophrenic Diseases. 1990.
• Hoflich, G. et al.: Successful Treatment of Seasonal Compulsive Syndrome with Phototherapy. 1992.
• Marriott, P. F. et al.: Seasonality in panic disorder. 1994.
• McGrath, R. E., Yahia, M.: Preliminary Data on Seasonally Related Alcohol Dependence. 1993.
• Solov'eva, A. D., Fishman, E.: The Phototherapy of Psycho-Autonomic Disorders. 1996.
• Van Someren, E. J. et al.: Indirect Bright Light Improves Circadian Rest-activity Rhythm Disturbances in Demented Patients. 1997.

Risks, side-effects and contra-indications

• Gallin, P. F. et al.: Ophthalmologic Examination of Patients with Seasonal Affective Disorder, Before and After Bright Light Therapy. 1995.