Background According to the phase-shift hypothesis for winter depression, morning light
(which causes a circadian phase advance) should be more antidepressant than evening …

Background Artificial bright light presents a promising nonpharmacological treatment for
seasonal affective disorder. Past studies, however, have lacked adequate placebo controls …

LIGHT IS the first treat-ment in psychiatry to evolve directly out of modern neuroscience. Yet
paradoxically, the biological psychiatry establishment has regarded light therapy with a …

THE STUDIES of bright light therapy in the treatment of seasonal affective disorder (SAD;
also known as winter depression) in this issue of the ARCHIVES1-3 are sound studies that …

Allen JJ, Iacono WG, Depue RA, Arbisi P. Regional electroencephalographic asymmetries in
bipolar seasonal affective disorder before and after exposure to bright light. Biol Psychiatry …