Feasibility and Efficacy of Bright Light Therapy in Depressed Adolescent Inpatients

Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Inken Kirschbaum-LeschMartin Holtmann

Abstract

Bright light therapy (BLT) has recently come into increasing focus in the treatment of adolescent depression, whereby light glasses today appear to be more feasible than light therapy boxes. This study investigated the feasibility and efficacy of 4 weeks of BLT with light glasses. It also analyzed whether a treatment duration of 4 weeks of BLT yields larger effects than the 2 weeks of BLT investigated in previous studies. This first open-label, single-arm, prospective clinical trial pursued a naturalistic approach: 39 inpatients aged 12-18 years with moderate or severe depression received 4 weeks of morning BLT with light glasses in addition to usual treatment. Depressive symptoms, sleep problems, circadian phase, and the clinical global impression were assessed at several timepoints. In a second analysis, the data of the present study were compared to those from a previous pilot trial. Depressive symptoms, sleep problems, and the global clinical impression improved significantly after BLT with light glasses, whereas the circadian phase did not change over time. Light glasses showed similarly positive effects on sleep parameters and depressive symptoms as light boxes. Contrary to expectation, prolonging BLT to 4 weeks did not y...Continue Reading

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Sep 12, 2018·Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie·Angelika A Schlarb, Martin Holtmann
Sep 10, 2019·Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Jul 31, 2020·Nature Reviews. Materials·Geon-Hui LeeSei Kwang Hahn
Dec 15, 2020·Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry·Kathryn R CullenBonnie Klimes-Dougan
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