PMID: 8992841Jan 1, 1996Paper

The phototherapy of psycho-autonomic disorders

Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova
A D Solov'eva, E Ia Fishman

Abstract

26 patients with psychovegetative disorders of neurotic origin (vegetative dystonia syndrome, hyperventilation syndrome, panic attacks, headache, insomnia, motivation disorders) were treated. Light therapy (LT) was carried out every day during 2 weeks. The light of 4500-5000 lux was applied during 1 hour (the distance-60 cm). As a result positive effect was revealed in 11 patients while there was no effect in 15 individuals. The positive effect was observed as a decrease of clinical manifestations. Patients with positive treatment results were characterised by short disease duration, weak hypothalamus dysfunction, astheno-depressive disorders prevalence. Negative effect of LT was observed in patients with longer duration of disease, more severe hypothalamic dysfunction together with anxious and astheno-hypochondriac syndrome. The conclusion a made that LT effect is associated with the character and the degree of psychovegetative disorders, but not with presence or absence of hypothalamic dysfunction.

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