Bright artificial light treatment of a manic-depressive patient with a seasonal mood cycle

A. J. Lewy; H. A. Kern; N. E. Rosenthal; T. A. Wehr

doi:10.1176/ajp.139.11.1496

Bright artificial light treatment of a manic-depressive patient with a seasonal mood cycle

A. J. Lewy, H. A. Kern, N. E. Rosenthal, T. A. Wehr

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The authors have recently shown that sunlight and bright artificial light can suppress human melatonin secretion. They now report on a patient with a seasonal mood cycle whose winter depression remitted when his hours of daylight were lengthened with bright artificial light.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1496-1498
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	139
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.11.1496
State	Published - 1982
Externally published	Yes

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