Combined sleep deprivation and light therapy: Clinical treatment outcomes in patients with complex unipolar and bipolar depression

D Sikkens, RF Riemersma-Van der Lek… - Journal of Affective …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The combination of sleep deprivation and light therapy, called combined
chronotherapy, may yield positive short-and long-term results, even in patients with …

A 6-day combined wake and light therapy trial for unipolar depression

KV Danilenko, MY Lebedinskaia, EV Gadetskaia… - Journal of affective …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background There are a dozen studies on double or triple chronotherapy in depression
(sleep deprivation [wake therapy]+ light therapy+ sleep advance/stabilization). We …

A randomized, controlled trial assessing the acute efficacy of triple chronotherapy in unipolar depression

LD Yuen, Y Chen, JW Stewart, P Arden… - Journal of Affective …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Triple chronotherapy (wake night [one night without sleep], sleep phase
advance, and early morning bright light exposure) demonstrated rapid efficacy primarily in …

Outpatient triple chronotherapy for bipolar depression: case report

JF Gottlieb, M Terman - Journal of Psychiatric Practice®, 2012 - journals.lww.com
There is an urgent need for rapid, effective, and safe treatments for bipolar depression.
Triple chronotherapy is a combination of sleep deprivation, sleep phase advance, and bright …

Sleep and major depressive disorder: a review of non-pharmacological chronotherapeutic treatments for unipolar depression

JEA Cunningham, JA Stamp, CM Shapiro - Sleep medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Depression is a significant public health issue, made worse by the absence of response to
antidepressant medications by many patients. Given the high degree of overlap between …

Total sleep deprivation followed by sleep phase advance and bright light therapy in drug-resistant mood disorders

M Echizenya, H Suda, M Takeshima, Y Inomata… - Journal of affective …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Drug-resistant depression is a major therapeutic issue in psychiatry and
the development of non-drug therapies that treat drug-resistant depression is required …

Adjunctive triple chronotherapy (combined total sleep deprivation, sleep phase advance, and bright light therapy) rapidly improves mood and suicidality in suicidal …

GL Sahlem, B Kalivas, JB Fox, K Lamb, A Roper… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2014 - Elsevier
Previous studies have demonstrated that combined total sleep deprivation (Wake therapy),
sleep phase advance, and bright light therapy (Triple Chronotherapy) produce a rapid and …

Efficacy of triple chronotherapy in unipolar and bipolar depression: a systematic review of the available evidence

A D'Agostino, P Ferrara, S Terzoni, EG Ostinelli… - Journal of Affective …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Given the strong relationship between circadian rhythm disruption and mood
regulation, combined chronotherapeutic approaches have been proposed for mood …

Predictors of response to combined wake and light therapy in treatment-resistant inpatients with depression

M Kragh, ER Larsen, K Martiny, DN Møller… - Chronobiology …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
There is growing evidence for combined chronotherapeutic interventions as adjunctive
treatments for major depression. However, as the treatments can be demanding, we need to …

Out-patient triple chronotherapy for the rapid treatment and maintenance of response in depression: feasibility and pilot randomised controlled trial

D Veale, M Serfaty, C Humpston, A Papageorgiou… - BJPsych Open, 2021 - cambridge.org
Background Triple chronotherapy (sleep deprivation for 36 h, followed by 4 days of
advancing the time of sleep and daily morning bright-light therapy for 6 months) has …