Side effects of light therapy in seasonal affective disorder



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Am J Psychiatry 1993; 150:650-652
Copyright © 1993 by American Psychiatric Association

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Side effects of light therapy in seasonal affective disorder

AJ Levitt, RT Joffe, DE Moul, RW Lam, MH Teicher, B Lebegue, MG Murray, DA Oren, P Schwartz and A Buchanan
Mood Disorders Program, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ont., Canada.

The authors report the frequency of side effects of light therapy in 105 patients with seasonal affective disorder treated with three intensities of light. Common symptoms to emerge during treatment were headache (19%), eyestrain (17%), and feeling "wired" (14%). There was no relationship between side effects and intensity of light used.

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